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Being  the  Questions  for  the  Preliminary  Examinations 
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THE 


REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


ARITHMETIC. 


Examination  I.    Jsfov.  8,  1866. 

1.  Write  in  figures  each  of  the  following  numbers, 
add  them,  and  express  in  words  (or  numerate)  their 
sum:  fifty-six  thousand,  and  fourteen  thousandths; 
nineteen,  and  nineteen  hundredths;  fifty-seven,  and 
forty-eight  ten-thousandths;  twenty-three  thousand 
five,  and  four  tenths ;  and  fourteen  millionths. 

2.  What  is  the  difference  between  3f  plus  7f,  and 
4  plus  2f  ? 

3.  In  multiplying  by  more  than  one  figure,  where 
is  the  first  figure  in  each  partial  product  written,  and 
why  is  it  so  written  ? 

4.  If  the  divisor  is  19,  the  quotient  37,  and  the  re- 
mainder 11,  what  is  the  dividend  ? 

5.  What  is  the  quotient  of  65  bu.  1  pk.  3  qt.  di- 
vided by  12? 

6.  Which  one  of  the  fundamental  operations  (or 
ground  rules)  of  arithmetic  is  employed  in  reduction 
descending?    Give  an  example. 

7.  In  exchanging  gold  dust  for  cotton,  by  what 
weight  would  each  be  weighed? 


THE   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


8.  What  is  the  only  even  prime  number? 

9.  How  many  weeks  in  8,568,456  minutes? 

10.  To  what  term  in  division  does  the  value  of  a 
common  fraction  correspond? 

11.  What  is  the  product  of  a  fraction  multiplied 
by  its  denominator?     Give  an  example. 

12.  What  is  the  rule  for  the  multiplication  of  deci- 
mals? 

13.  How  is  a  common  fraction  reduced  to  a  deci- 
mal?   Give  an  example. 

14.  What  is  ratio  and  how  may  it  be  expressed? 
Illustrate  by  an  example. 

15.  If  27 tons,  3  qr.  15  lb.  of  coal  cost  $217.83, 
what  will  119  tons  1  qr.  10  lb.  cost? 

16.  Find  the  cost  of  the  several   articles,  and  the 

amount  of  the  following  bill : 

Utica,  Oct.  1,  1866. 

A.  P.  Jewett  to  Samuel  Palmer,  Dr. 

To  16,750  feet  of  board  at  $12.50  per  M., 

"     1,750      "  "  24.00  "    

"    3,500      "  "  25.00  "    .... 

Received  payment,  $ 

Samuel  Palmee. 

17.  What  is  the  length  of  the  side  of  a  cubical  box 
which  contains  389,017  solid  inches? 

18.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  the  following 
note  discounted  at  bank,  and  when  will  it  become 
due: — 

$100.  Albany,  October  11,  1866. 

Ninety  days  from  date,  for  value  received,  1 
promise  to  pay  to  the  order  of  John  Smith,  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  at  the  Albany  City  National  Bank. 

John  Brown. 


ARITHMETIC. 


19.  Involve  f  to  the  7th  power. 

20.  What  is  the  square  root  of  .0043046721? 

21.  Sold  9^  cwt.  of  sugar  at  $8i  per  cwt.,  and 
-thereby  lost  12  per  cent. :  how  much  was  the  whole 
cost? 

22.  A  person  owned  f  of  a  mine,  and  sold  £  of  his 
interest  for  $1,710:  what  was  the  value  of  the  entire 
mine? 

23.  When  it  is  2  hr.  36'  a.  m.,  at  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  in  longitude  18  °  24 '  east,  what  is  the  time  at 
Cape  Horn,  in  longitude  67  °  21 '  west? 

24.  What  is  the  cost  of  17  tons  18  cwt.  1  qr.  17  lb. 
of  potash  at  $53.80  per  ton? 


Examination  II.    March  i;  i86y. 

25.  Express  in  words  the  number  42567000129301. 

26.  Multiply  five  hundred  and  forty  thousand  six 
hundred  and  nine,  by  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty. 

27.  Give  the  rule  for  reduction  descending. 

28.  How  many  steps  of  2£  ft.  each  would  a  man 
take  in  walking  a  mile? 

29.  How  is  a  whole  number  reduced  to  a  fraction 
of  the  same  value  having  a  given  denominator? 

30.  What  is  the  value  of  f  of  f-  of  %  of  ^  when  re- 
duced to  a  simple  fraction  of  the  lowest  terms? 

31.  Give  the  rule  for  reducing  several  fractions  to 
equivalent  fractions  having  the  least  common  de- 
nominator. 

32.  Add  3f  to  4  ft. 


6  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

33.  Write  in  figures,  two  and  six  hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

34.  Reduce  1375-8836  to  a  decimal. 

35.  Multiply  seven  thousand  and  five,  by  three 
hundred,  and  five  millionths. 

36.  Divide  126.45  by  493.256. 

37.  The  ratio  of  two  numbers  is  9,  and  the  ante- 
cedent 90:  what  is  the  consequent? 

38.  Find  the  value  of  the  omitted  term  in  the  fol- 
lowing proportion : — 

$4:(?)  :  :9:16. 

39.  If  56 R>.  of  butter  cost  $15.68,  what  will  .078 
of  a  ton  cost? 

40.  If  96  horses  eat  192  tons  of  hay  in  one  winter, 
how  many  tons  will  150  horses  eat  in  6  winters? 

41.  In  1  yr.  4  mo.,  $311.50  amounted  to  $336.42  at 
simple  interest :  what  was  the  rate  percent? 

42.  What  is  the  interest  of  $14, 231 .  50  from  June  29, 
1860,  to  April  30,  1865,  at  8£  per  cent? 

43.  Three  notes  are  payable  as  follows : — one  for 
$200,  January  1,  1866;  another  for  $350,  due  Septem- 
ber 1,  1868;  a  third  for  $500,  due  April  1, 1867:  what 
is  the  average  of  maturity,  or  the  equated  time  of 
payment? 

44.  How  much  will  it  cost  to  carpet  a  parlor  18  ft. 
square,  with  carpeting  f  yd.  wide,  at  $1.50  per  yd.  ? 

45.  The  difference  in  the  local  time  of  two  places  is 
2  hr.  18m. :  what  is  the  difference  in  longitude? 

46.  33  is  2f  per  cent,  of  what  number? 

47.  What  is  the  length  of  each  side  of  a  square 
field  which  contains  5  acres? 

48.  A  note  for  $470.66  drawn  at  60  days,  is  dis- 


ARITHMETIC. 


counted  at  bank  at  6  per  cent. :  what  are  the  pro- 
ceeds? 


Examination  III.    June  14,  1867. 

49.  Express  in  figures  MD^Tv  CDLXXXIX. 

50.  Perform  the  operations  indicated  as  follows  :— 

51.  Numerate  (or  express  in  words)  90067236708. 

52.  What  is  the  sum  of  3912,  361,  40005,  98,  7368- 
■63,  8342,  2900687,  9,  4000862,  28  ? 

53.  If  two  persons  start  from  the  same  place,  and 
travel  in  the  same  direction,  one  7  and  the  other  11 
miles  per  hour,  at  the  rate  of  9  hours  per  day,  how 
far  apart  will  they  be  at  the  end  of  the  17th  day? 

54.  What  is  the  amount  due  on  the  following  bill 
of  parcels : 

Albany,  June  1,  1866. 
John  Barnes, 

Bought  of  NATHAN  HADLEY  &  Co., 
16  lb.  tea,  @  1.05  -  $ 

18  lb.  sugar,  @.14 
25  lb.  rice,  ®  .09 
15  yd.  linen,  @  .66 


Cr.  $ 

By  balance  of  account,        -       -  2.48 


Balance  due,  $ 

Received  payment,  N.  Hadley,  &  Co. 

55.  State  the  process  of  reducing  inches  to  leagues. 

56.  How  many  bu.  will  a  box  8  ft.  long,  4  ft.  wide, 


and  3  ft.  high  contain? 


8  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


57.  Add  ||,  |  and  ffc. 

58.  Reduce  1049-8392  to  its  lowest  terms. 

59.  Give  the  rule  for  reducing  fractions  having 
different  denominators  to  equivalent  fractions  hav- 
ing the  least  common  denominator. 

60.  Multiply  18f  by  7f. 

61.  Express  in  figures,  forty-seven,  and  twenty- 
one  hundred-thousandths. 

62.  Divide  2019.86928  by  30  *fo. 

63.  If  9  men  cut  150  acres  of  grass  in  18  days,  how 
many  will  do  the  same  work  in  27  days  ? 

64.  If  500  copies  of  a  book  containing  210  pages 
require  12  reams  of  paper,  how  much  will  1,200 
copies  of  a  book  of  280  pages  require  ? 

65.  "What  is  the  value  in  currency  of  $865  in  gold, 
when  the  latter  is  selling  at  131  per  cent? 

66.  What  is  the  interest  on  $200  for  3  years  and  10 
months,  at  7  per  cent? 

67.  In  what  time  will  a  sum  of  money  double  it- 
self at  an  annual  interest  of  5  per  cent? 

68.  What  is  the  face  of  a  note  at  30  days,  which 
yields  $500  when  discounted  at  bank,  at  7  per  cent? 

70.  Extract  the  square  root  of  .0043046721. 

71.  Involve  1.06  to  the  4th  power. 

72.  What  debt  can  be  discharged  in  a  year  by 
weekly  payments  in  arithmetical  progression,  the 
first  being  $24,  and  the  last  $1,224? 


Examination  IV.   Nov.  8;  i86j. 

73.  Express  words  in  2584503962047. 

74.  2468+ 13579+100+6042-4-187-1-19=  ? 


ARITHMETIC.  9' 


75.  What  is  the  difference  between  576-208+1645 
-321,  and  403-256+814-195? 

76.  Multiply  forty-nine  millions  forty  thousand  six 
hundred  and  ninety-seven,  by  nine  millions  forty 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  nine. 

77.  One  factor  of  a  certain  number  is  11,  and  the 
other  3708311605:  what  is  that  number? 

78.  If  the  remainder  is  17,  the  quotient  610,  and 
the  dividend  45767,  what  is  the  divisor? 

79.  What  cost  3  A.  2  R.  20  rd.  of  land,  at  $43  per 
acre? 

80.  What  is  the  difference  of  time  between  Juty 
15,  1857,  and  April  25,  1862? 


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82.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  492,  744 
and  1044. 

83.  Divide  137  a.  9  oz.  18  pwt.  22  gr.  by  23. 

84.  From  f  of  137  subtract  £  of  317. 

85.  Write  eleven  thousand,  and  eleven  hundred- 
thousandths,  (the  whole  as  a  single  expression.) 

86.  Multiply  .0097  by  .000125. 

87.  Divide  475  by  128f . 

$8.  What  cost  {±  of  an  acre  at  $1.75  per  sq.  rod? 

89.  Divide  9811.0047  by  .325947. 

90.  Reduce  18  s.  3f  d.  to  the  decimal  of  a  £, 

91.  Find  the  third  term  of  7  : 8  ::(?):  12. 


10  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

92.  If  2i  yd.  of  broadcloth  cost  $18,  what  will  27 
yd.  cost? 

93.  If  8  men  spend  $64  in  13  weeks,  what  will  12 
men  spend  in  52  weeks? 

94.  Find  the  interest  on  $35.61  from  Nov.  11, 1857 
to  Dec.  15,  1859,  at  6  per  cent. 

95.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  a  note  for  $350, 
payable  3  months  after  date,  at  7  per  cent,  interest? 

96.  Find  the  square  root  of  .876096. 


Examination    V.     Feb.  21,  1868. 

97.  Add  together  15262986957  and  3879,  and  mul- 
tiply the  19th  part  of  the  sum  by  76. 

98.  Subtract  nine  hundred  and  fourteen  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  twenty,  from  four  hundred  mil- 
lions and  thirteen  thousand. 

99.  A  wheel  makes  880  revolutions  in  passing  over 
2  mi.  1,430  yd.  :  what  is  its  circumference? 

100.  Reduce  49  wk.  6  da.  19  hr.  to  minutes. 

101.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  4004  and 
5772. 

102.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  25,  36,  33, 
12,  45. 

103.  Divide  52  yd.  1  ft.  10*  in.  by  3  ^. 

104.  Reduce  3|  of  1^  of  2  ^  to  a  decimal. 

105.  Find  the  value  of  169  multiplied  by  .0000728. 

106.  Find  the  value  of  25.000315— .0045  plus  .2801 
minus  18  plus  21.001. 

107.  Divide  the  number  54  into  3  parts,  propor- 
tioned as  2,  3,  4. 


ARITHMETIC.  ll 


108.  If  for  a  certain  sum  18  sheep  may  be  grazed 
20  days,  how  many  days  may  30  sheep  be  grazed  for 
the  same  sum? 

109.  How  many  acres  could  10  men  plow  in  14 
hours,  if  5  men  plough  6  acres  in  10£  hours? 

110.  Standard  silver  is  composed  of  87  parts  of 
pure  silver,  and  3  parts  of  copper :  how  much  per 
cent,  of  the  whole  is  each  of  the  components? 

111.  If  I  buy  cloth  at  $1.20  per  yard,  how  must  I 
sell  it  so  as  to  gain  25  per  cent  ? 

112.  Divide  $1,200  between  A.  and  B.  so  that  A's. 
share  may  be  to  B's.  as  2  to  7. 

113.  Divide  6  s.  6  d.  between  Jane  and  Ellen,  so 
that  Jane  may  receive  3  s.  more  than  Ellen. 

114.  What  is  the  value  of  the  square  root  of 
42X24X28? 

115.  How  much  coffee  at  9,  11  and  14  cents  a 
pound,  will  form  a  mixture  worth  12  cents  a  pound? 

116.  When  the  extremes  and  the  number  of  terms 
in  an  arithmetical  series  are  given,  how  is  the  sum  of 
the  series  ascertained? 

117.  The  surface  of  a  square  table  is  26  sq.  feet,  100 
in. :  find  the  length  of  each  side. 

118.  How  many  square  yards  of  matting  would 
cover  a  floor,  the  dimensions  of  which  are  20  ft.  10 
in.,  by  15  ft.  5iin.? 

119.  What  sum  of  money  will  in  3  years,  10  mo. 
and  9  days  at  7  per  cent,  amount  to  $1,524.10? 

120.  I  have  three  notes  payable  as  follows :  one  for 
$200,  due  Jan.  1, 1869;  another  for  $350,  due  Sept.  1, 
1869;  and  another  for  $500,  due  April  1,  1870:  what 
is  the  average  of  maturity? 


12  THE    REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

Examination  VI,    June  j>,  1868. 

121.  Express  in  figures  the  number  represented  by- 
four  units  of  the  tenth  order,  six  of  the  eighth,  four 
of  the  seventh,  two  of  the  sixth,  one  of  the  third, 
and  five  of  the  second. 

122.  Numerate  the  number  represented  by  four 
units  of  the  tenth  order,  six  of  the  eighth,  four  of  the 
seventh,  two  of  the  sixth,  one  of  the  third,  and  five  of 
the  second. 

123.  How  may  25,000  be  expressed  in  Roman  nu- 
merals? 

124.  How  is  the  local  value  of  a  figure  determined, 
or  upon  what  does  it  depend  ? 

125.  What  is  the  sum  of  the  composite  numbers 
from  50  to  80  inclusive? 

126.  From  sixty-five  trillions  three  millions  six  hun- 
dred and  twelve,  take  nine  billions  one  million  four 
thousand  and  six. 

127.  A  tax  of  thirty  millions  fifty-six  thousand  four 
hundred  and  sixty-five  dollars  is  assessed  equally  on 
four  thousand  and  ninety-seven  towns:  what  sum 
must  each  town  pay? 

128.  Which  of  the  fundamental  rules  is  employed 
in  reducing  a  denominate  fraction  to  integers  of  low- 
er denominations? 

129.  How  many  cubic  inches  does  the  standard 
unit  of  liquid  measure  contain? 

130.  How  many  cords  of  wood  in  a  pile  140  ft. 
long,  4^  ft.  wide,  and  6^  ft.  high? 

131.  A  stationer  bought  1  great  gross  of  slates  at  9 


ARITHMETIC.  13 


pence  each;  what  was  the  whole  cost,  in  pounds 
sterling? 

182.  Of  what  factors  of  two  or  more  numbers  does 
their  greatest  common  divisor  consist? 

133.  What  is  the  smallest  sum  of  money  with  which 
horses  can  be  bought  at  $50  each,  cows  at  $30  each,  or 
sheep  at  $8  each,  using  the  same  amount  in  each 
case? 

134.  Express  in  words  0.500072. 

135.  What  number  must  be  multiplied  by  15f  that 
the  product  may  be  56|? 

136.  How  is  the  value  of  a  fraction  affected  when 
its  denominator  is  divided  by  a  number  greater  than 
unity? 

137.  How  do  yon  multiply  .001  by  100,000? 

138.  What  amount  is  due  on  the  following  items:? 
37  chests  green  tea  at  $  23  75  each. 

42      "    black     "  "17  50  " 

12  crates  Liverpool  ware  "    175  00 

19  bbl.  Genesee  flour  "      15  50  " 

23  bu.  rye  "       1  52  " 

r 

139.  When  are  four  quantities  said  to  be  in  pro- 
portion? 

140.  If  |  of  the  distance  from  A  to  B  is  32  miles, 
what  is  T\-  of  the  same  distance? 

141.  How  is  the  rate  per  cent,  ascertained  when 
the  'principal,  interest,  and  time  are  given. 

142.  If  $300  gain  $18  in  nine  months,  what  is  the 
per  cent? 

143.  What  is  the   length,  in   feet   and  inches,  of 


14  THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

each  side  of  a  square  carpet,  made   from  49 £  yd.  of 
Brussels  carpeting,  f  yd.  wide? 

144.  How  is  tlie  last  term  of  a  geometrical  series 
found,  the  first  term,  ratio,  and  number  of  terms  be- 
ing given? 


Examination  VII.    JVov.  13 ,  1868. 

145.  Express  in  figures  six  hundred  millions  sev- 
enteen thousand  three  hundred  and  eight. 

146.  What  is  the  sum  of  372856,  404932,  2704793. 
9078961,  304165,  207708,  41274,  375,  271,  34  and  6  ? 

147.  From  sixty-five  billions  three  millions  six  hun- 
dred and  twelve,  take  nine  billions  one  million  four 
thousand  and  six. 

148.  One  factor  of  a  certain  number  is  11,  and  the 
other  3708311605:  what  is  that  number? 

149.  What  are  the  prime  factors  of  800? 

150.  If  the  quotient  is  482,  and  the  divisor  281, 
what  is  the  dividend? 

151.  If  I  take  13729  from  the  sum  of  8762  and  14- 
967,  divide  the  remainder  by  50,  and  multiply  the 
quotient  by  19,  what  is  the  product? 

152.  How  many  miles  in  60,750  links? 

153.  What  is  the  sum  of  &  of  9f,  and  ^  of  328|? 

154.  Reduce  f  of  if  of  6^  of  17  to  a  simple  fraction. 

155.  How  many  times  is  f  contained  in  837? 

156.  Reduce  ^  of  an  acre  to  lower  denomina- 
tions. 

157.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  492,  744, 
906. 


ARITHMETIC.  15 

158.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  (or  divi- 
dend) of  the  nine  digits? 

159.  Divide  0.01764144  by  0.0018. 

160.  Reduce  7  fur.  29  rd.  to  the  decimal  of  a 
mile. 

161.  What  sum,  at  7  per  cent.,  will  amount  to 
$221,075  in  3  years  4  months? 

162.  What  is  the  amount  of  $1,200  for  2  years  at  6 
percent,  compound  interest,  payable  quarterly? 

163.  If  $100  gain  $6  in  1  year,  what  principal  will 
gain  $12  in  8  months? 

164.  To  what  number  has  -£  the  same  ratio  as  ex- 
ists between  3  and  21  ? 

165.  What  number  of  men  will  be  required  to  per- 
form a  piece  of  work  in  8  days,  that  would  take  15- 
men  24  days? 

166.  A.  and  B.  enter  into  partnership.  A.  furnish- 
es $240  for  8  months;  and  B.  $560  for  5  months. 
They  lost  $118.     How  much  did  each  man  lose? 

167.  What  is  the  square  root  of  61723020.96? 

168.  How  many  cubic  quarter-inches  are  contained 
in  a  cubic  inch? 


Examination  VIII.    Feb.  ig,  i86g. 

169.  Add  the  following  numbers :  One  hundred  and 
eight  billions,  three  hundred  and  six;  twenty-one  bil- 
lions, twenty  thousands,  two  hundred  and  ten ;  thirty 
billions,  twenty-nine  millions  and  three. 

170.  Reduce  2,579,792  drams  avoirdupois  to  high- 
er denominations. 

171.  Reduce  1  mi.  18  rd.  2  yd.  2  ft.  to  inches. 


16  THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

172.  Multiply  *  of  V"  by  3±-i-16. 

173.  Divide  T\  of  if  by  ?. 

174  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  all  the  even 
cumbers  from  1  to  15. 

175.  From  the  sum  of  f  and  |  take  f9. 

176.  Add  together  TJw*  lmd.  ana  f  Siu- 

177.  Multiply  30.6002  by  two  and  one  ten-thous- 
andth. 

178.  Divide  4.08  by  .000136. 

179.  Reduce  f  ||  to  a  decimal. 

180.  Reduce  8  oz.  5  pwt.  3  gr.  to  the  decimal  of 
a  lb. 

181.  If  21  men  in  12  days  can  do  certain  work, 
"how  many  men  in  7  days  could  do  |  as  much? 

182.  How  much  will  it  cost  to  dig  a  cellar  40  ft. 
long,  32  ft.  wide,  and  5  ft.  deep,  at  $0.25  a  cubic 
yard? 

183.  A.  begins  business  with  $500 ;  at  the  end  of 
2  months  B.  puts  in  $300 ;  at  the  end  of  1  month 
more  C.  puts  in  $600;  at  the  end  of  5  months  more, 
the  profits  amount  to  $1,056.  What  was  each  man's 
share? 

184.  3  pence  is  what  per  cent,  of  4  shillings? 

185.  What  sum  in  1  year  will  yield  $48.75  at  12* 
per  cent? 

186.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  a  note  for  $600 
for  2  months  and  9  days,  at  10  per  cent,  per  an- 
num? 

187.  I  sell  goods  for  $511.29,  and  gain  9£  per  cent. ; 
what  did  the  goods  cost  me? 

188.  At  what  rate  will  $500  yield  $34  interest  in  1 
year  1  month  and  18  d  lys? 


ARITHMETIC.  17 


189.  What  is  the  compound  interest  of  $200  for 
3  years  at  7  per  cent? 

190.  How  much  gold  will  $100  currency  buy,  gold 
being  at  147? 

191.  What  is  the  square  root  of  403.6081? 

192.  What  is  the  cube  root  of  mU^ 


Examination  IX.    June  n,  i86g. 

193.  The  factors  of  a  number  are  three  hundred 
ninety-seven  thousand  five  hundred,  and  nine  thou- 
sand eight  hundred.  What  is  the  product  expressed 
in  words? 

194.  If  one  man  can  mow  1.875  acres  in  a  day, 
how  many  acres  can  13  men  mow  in  7.5  days? 

195.  How  many  reams  of  commercial  note  paper 
each  8  in.  long,  5  in.  wide,  and  3.5  in.  thick,  can  be 
packed  in  a  box,  the  inside  dimensions  of  which  are  3 \ 
41f ,  and  T7^  feet  respectively? 

196.  A  note  given  May  10,  1867,  was  paid 
August  10,  1868.     How  long  did  the  note  run? 

196<z.  How  long  is  a  field  containing  14  A.,  if  it  is 
35 rd.  wide? 

197.  If  I  start  from  latitude  15  °  35  '  40 "  north,  and 
travel  due  north  2,159  geographic  miles,  in  what  lati- 
tude shall  I  then  be? 

198.  How  many  seconds  in  the  circumference  of  a 
circle? 

199.  Is  217  a  prime  or  a  composite  number? 

200.  The  four  sides  of  my  garden  are  168  ft.,  280 
ft.,  182  ft.,  and  252  ft.  respectively :  what  is  the  great- 


18  THE  REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

est  length  of  boards  that  I  can  use  in  fencing  it,  with- 
out cutting  any  of  them? 

201.  What  is  the  smallest  sum  of  money  for  which 
a  person  can  purchase  oxen  at  $85  each,  or  cows  at 
$35  each? 

202.  The  tide  rose  f  ft.  one  hour,  \  |  ft.  the  next, 

and  £  ft.  the  third  hour  :  how  much  did  it  rise  in  the 
three  hours? 

203.  How  many  square  rods  are  there  in  a  lot  15f 
rods  long,  and  12f  rods  wide? 

204.  If  8f  qt.  of  strawberries  cost  $|f ,  what  is  the 
price  per  qt.  ? 

205.  The  product  of  three  factors  is  19£,  and  two 
of  them  are  1 1  and  2£ :  what  is  the  other. 

206.  Eeduce  4  da.  4  hr.  48  mi.  to  the  decimal  of  a 
week. 

207.  If  5  tons  of  coal  are  equal  to  9  cords  of  wood 
for  fuel,  and  a  family  burns  31.5  cords  of  wood  in  a 
year,  how  much  will  they  save  by  changing  from  wood 
to  coal,  when  wood  is  worth  $4.25  per  cord,  and 
coal  $6.80  per  ton? 

208.  When  it  is  12  o'clock  m.  at  St.  Paul,  93°  10' 
W.  Longitude,  what  is  the  time  at  Richmond,  77°  27' 
W.  ? 

209.  Reduce  .  06875  to  the  form  of  a  common  frac- 
tion and  to  its  lowest  terms. 

210.  24  is  f-  per  cent,  of  what  number? 

211.  What  will  $25,390  amount  to  in  7  mo.,  at  10 
per  cent? 

212.  When  gold  is  worth  124,  what  amount  of  cur- 
rency can  be  bought  for  $5,400  in  gold? 


ARITHMETIC.  19 


213.  A's  property  is  assessed  at  $6,750,  and  B's  at 
$13,575.     A's  tax  is  $52.65:  bow  much  is  B's? 

214.  Find  the  unknown  term  in  the  following 
proportion : 

7i  :6£:  : :  5 

215.  Find  the  unknown  term  in  the  following 
proportion : 

7:21    j  .,.„. 
4:    8   }'      ' 

216.  What  is  the  square  root  of  1127750724? 


Examination  X.    JVov,  n}  i86g, 

217.  Add  in  figures,  LXVI,  MDXIX,  CCIV, 
XVIII. 

218.  From  sixty-eight  million  nine  hundred  thou- 
sand and  six,  take  seven  million  two  hundred  thou- 
sand and  two. 

219.  Six  hundred  and  four  is  one  factor,  ninety-six 
thousand  and  seventy- three  is  the  other :  what  is  the 
product? 

220.  Which  term  in  division  corresponds  with  the 
product  in  multiplication  ? 

221.  Give  the  method  of  proving  division. 

222.  Resolve  7498  into  its  prime  factors. 

223.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  505, 
707,  and  4343. 

224.  Of  what  is  the  least  common  multiple  of  sev- 
eral numbers  the  product  ? 

225.  Find  the  smallest  number  that  exactly  con- 
tains 78,  153  and  390. 


20  THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

226.  Express  in  words  t4$&Vt- 

227.  Reduce  387  to  eighty-fifths. 

228.  What  is  the  cost  of  four  fields,  containing  re- 
spectively 4| ,  2|,  3£,  and  l^f  acres,  at  $25  an  acre  ? 

229.  What  is  t)  i  ite  per  hour  of  a  boat  that 
goes  230|-9-  miles  in  18-f  hours? 

230.  Write  as  a  decimal,  t^oVoo- 

231.  Required  the  area  in  acres,  etc.,  of  a  piece  of 
land  .5  of  a  mile  long  and  .3  of  a  mile  broad. 

232.  From  1  lb.  Troy,  take  10  oz.  17  pwt.  18  gr. 

233.  Sold  517  bbl.  of  flour  for  $8.10  per  bbl.,  at  a 
profit  of  8  per  cent. ;  what  was  the  whole  cost? 

234.  lrd.  :£ft.  :  :  ?  :  $0.50. 

235.  (f)*=? 

236.  What  is  the  square  root  of  .0011943936? 

237.  What  is  the  amount  of  $50,  at  compound  in 
terest  for  3  years,  at  8  per  cent. ,  interest  payable  half- 
yearly? 

238.  A  note  for  $486,  dated  September  7,  1863, 
was  endorsed  as  follows:  Received,  March  22,  1864, 
$125.  Nov.  29,  1864,  $150.  May  13,  1865,  $120. 
What  was  the  balance  due  April  19,  1866,  the  rate 
being  6  per  cent? 

239.  What  are  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $426. 10, 
payable  in  57  days,  with  interest  at  6  per  cent.,  dis- 
counted at  bank  for  6  per  cent? 

240.  If  $400,  at  7  per  cent.,  in 9  mo.,  produce  $21 
interest,  what  will  be  the  interest  on  $360,  for  8  mo., 
at  6  percent? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 


ARITHMETIC.  21 


Examination  XI.  Feb.  n}  1870. 

241.  Multiply  twenty-nine  million  two  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  nine,  by  four  hundred  and  four 
thousand. 

242.  Divide  47865G785178  by  56789. 

243.  Prove  that  the  quotient  of  478656785178  di- 
vided by  5G7S  is  8428688fffff. 

244.  A  gem  weighing  2  oz.  18  pwt.  12  gr.  was  sold 
for  $1.37  per  grain:  what  was  the  sum  paid? 

245.  Venus  is  at  a  certain  time  3  S.  18°  45'  15"  east 
of  the  sun;  Mars,  7  S.  15°  36'  18"  east  of  Venus;  Ju- 
piter, 5  S.  21°  38'  27"  east  of  Mars:  how  far  is  Jupiter 
east  of  the  sun? 

246.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  (or  divi- 
dend) of  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  and  8? 

247.  What  is  |  of  ^  of  f  of  f  expressed  in  low- 
est terms? 

248.  Add  i  of  |  to  I  of  TV- 

249.  Divide  81}  by  9i. 

250.  What  is  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  f, 
5-6,  and  1  1-8? 

251.  Multiply  eighty-seven  thousandths  by  fifteen 
millionths. 

252.  What  decimal  fraction  is  equivalent  to  ^? 

253.  Reduce  6  fur.  8  rd.  to  the  decimal  of  a  mile. 

254.  What  is  the  value  of  .815625  of  a  pound  Troy 
expressed  in  oz.  pwt.  and  gr.  ? 

255.  If  $800  gain  $32  in  8  mo.,  what  is  the  rate 
per  cent? 


22  THE  regents'  questions. 

256.  If  a  man  travels  117  miles  in  15  days,  employ- 
ing only  9  hours  a  day,  how  far  would  he  go  in  20 
days,  travelling  12  hours  a  day? 

257.  What  is  the  square  root  of  9754.60423716? 

258.  If  the  extremes  are  11  and  74,  and  the  com- 
mon difference  7,  what  is  the  sum  of  the  series? 

259.  A  man  having  $10,000,  lost  15  per  cent,  of 
it ;  what  sum  had  he  left  ? 

260.  What  is  the  interest  of  $850  for  1  year  7  mo. 
18  days,  at  7  per  cent? 

261.  How  long  must  $165  be  on  interest  at  6  per 
cent,  to  gain  $14.85? 

262.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  $477.71,  due  4 
years  hence,  discounted  at  6  per  cent? 

263.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  a  note  for  $875.- 
35,  payable  in  7  mo.  and  15  days,  discounted  at  bank 
at  7 per  cent? 

264.  If  29  lb.  of  butter  will  purchase  40  R).  of 
cheese,  how  many  pounds  of  butter  will  buy  79  lb. 
of  cheese? 


Examination  XII.    June  g,  i8yo. 


265.  Numerate,  read  or  express  in  words  8096392- 
702. 

(    TtlCfrtOrHtofflOH 

266.  Findthesumof  ^^gggog^oo 

267.  2579584239456—249187654116=? 

268.  Multiply  four  hundred  and  sixty-two  thou- 
sand six  hundred  and  nine,  by  itself. 


ARITHMETIC.  23 


269.  Divide  1521808704  by  8503456. 

270.  If  the  remainder  is  17,  the  quotient  610,  and 
the  dividend  45767,  what  is  the  divisor  ? 

271.  Resolve  7498  into  its  prime  factors. 

272.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  285  and 
465. 

273.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple,  or  divi- 
dend, of  16,  40,  96,  and  105? 

274.  In  4  da.  4  hr.  45  min.,  how  many  seconds? 

275.  Reduce  ■£-,  \,  \,  \,  \,  j,  \,  \,  to  equivalent 
fractions  having  the  least  common  denominator. 

276.  Reduce  4  oz.  6  pwt.  9f  gr.  to  the  fraction  of  a 
pound. 

277.  How  many  sq.  ft.  in  the  four  side  walls  of  a 
room  16|  ft.  long,  15  ft.  wide,  and  9  ft.  high? 

278.  The  product  of  three  numbers  f ;  two  of  the 
umbers  are  %\  and  |- :  what  is  the  third  ? 

279.  Add  together  423  ten-millionths,  63  thous- 
andths, '25  hundredths,  4  tenths,  and  56  ten-thou- 
sandths. 

280.  What  cost  5  T.  17  cwt.  20  lb.  of  hay,  at 
$30.50  per  ton? 

281.  Reduce  10  oz.  13  pwt.  9  gr.  to  the  decimal  of 
a  pound  Troy. 

282.  Divide  0.01654144  by  0.0018. 

283.  One  acre  of  corn  yields  80  bushels,  another 
acre  20  per  cent,  more;  how  many  bushels  does  the 
second  acre  yield? 

284.  What  is  the  amount  of  $794  for  4  years  and 
4  months,  at  7  per  cent? 

285.  What  is  the  bank  discount  of  $600  for  3  mo. 
at  6  percent? 


24  THE  BEGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

286.  If  T%  of  a  ship  cost  £273  2s.   6d.,  what  will 
■£$  cost? 

287.  If  $200  gain  $12.  in  one  year,  what  will  $400 
gain  in  9  months? 

288.  Find  the  square  root  of  4|4? 


Examination  XIII.    JIov.  ii}  i8jo. 

289.  Write  in  figures  each  of  the  following  num- 
bers, add  them,  and  express  in  words  (or  numerate) 
their  sum :  fifty-six  thousand,  and  fourteen  thou- 
sandths; nineteen,  and  nineteen  hundredths;  fifty- 
seven,  and  forty-eight  ten-thousandths;  twenty- three 
thousand  five,  and  four-tenths,  and  fourteenth  mil- 
lionths. 

290.  What  is  the  difference  between  3f  plus  7f 
and  4  plus  2f  ? 

291.  In  multiplying  by  more  than  one  figure, 
where  is  the  first  figure  in  each  partial  product  writ- 
ten, and  why  is  it  so  written? 

292.  If  the  divisor  is  19,  the  quotient  37,  and  the 
remainder  11,  what  is  the  dividend? 

293.  What  is  the  quotient  of  65  bu.  1  pk.  3  qt.  di- 
vided by  12? 

294.  Which  one  of  the  fundamental  operations  (or 
ground  rules)  of  arithmetic  is  employed  in  reduction 
ascending? 

295.  In  exchanging  gold  dust  for  cotton,  by  what 
weight  would  each  be  weighed? 

296.  Which  is  the  largest  prime  number  below 
100? 


ARITHMETIC.  25 


297.  How  many  weeks  in  8568456  minutes? 

298.  To  what  term  in  division  does  the  value  of  a 
common  fraction  correspond  ? 

299.  What   is  the   product  of   a  fraction  multi- 
plied by  its  denominator  ?    Give  an  example. 

800.    What  is    the  rule  for  the   multiplication  of 
decimals  ? 

301.  How  is  a  common  fraction  reduced  to  the 
decimal  form  ?    Give  an  example. 

302.  What  is  ratio  and  how  may  it  be  expressed? 
Illustrate  by  one  or  more  examples. 

303.  If  27  T.  3  qr.  15  lb.  of  coal  cost  $217.83,  what 
will  119  T.  1  qr.  10  1b.  cost? 

304.  Find  the  cost  of  the  several  articles,   and  the 
amount  of  the  following  bill : 

Albany,  October  1,  1870. 
A.  P.  Jewett  to  Samuel  Palmer,  Dr. 
To  16750  feet  of  boards  at  $12.50  per  M.,     - 


"  1750     "  "  24.00 

"  3500     "  "  25.00 


Received  payment,        $ 

Samuel  Palmer.     , 

305.  What  is  the  length  of  the  side  of  a  cubical 
box  which  contains  389017  solid  inches? 

306.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  the  following 
note  discounted  at  bank,  and  when  will  it  become 
due? 

$100.  Utica,  October  11,  1870. 

Ninety  days  from  date,  for  value  received,  I 
promise  to  pay  to  the  order  of  John  Smith,  one  hun- 
dred dollars,  at  the  Albany  City  National  Bank. 

John  Brown. 


23  THE  regents'  questions. 


307.  Involve  £  to  the  7th  power. 

308.  What  is  the  square  root  of  .0043046721? 

309.  Sold  9  £  cwt.  of  sugar  at  $8£  per  cwt.,  and 
thereby  lost  12  per  cent. :  how  much  was  the  whole 
cost? 

310.  A  person  owned  f  of  a  mine  and  sold  fof  his 
interest  for  $1,710:  what  was  the  value  of  the  entire 
mine? 

311.  When  it  is  2  h.  36.'  a.  m.  at  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  in  longitude  18°  24'  east,  what  is  the  time  at 
Cape  Horn,  in  latitude  67°  21'  west? 

312.  What  is  "the  cost  of  17  T.  18  cwt.  1  qr.  17  lb. 
of  potash  at  $53.80  per  ton? 


Examination  XIV.    Feb.  23,  1871. 

313.  Express  in  words  the  number  42567000129301. 

314.  Multiply  five  hundred  and  forty  thousand  six 
hundred  and  nine  by  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty. 

315.  Give  the  rule  for  reduction  descending. 

316.  How  many  steps  of  two  and  one-half  feet 
each,  would  a  man  take  in  walking  a  mile? 

317.  How  is  a  whole  number  reduced  to  a  frac- 
tion of  the  same  value  having  a  given  denomina- 
tor ? 

31S.  What  is  the  value  of  f  of  f-  of  I  of  \  when 
reduced  to  a  simple  fraction  of  the  lowest  terms  ? 

319.  Give  the  rule  for  reducing  several  fractions 
to  equivalent  fractions  having  the  least  common 
denominator. 


ARITHMETIC.  27 


320.  Add  3|  to  4ft. 

321.  Write  in  figures,  two  and  six  hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

322.  Reduce  ^f-  to  the  equivalent  decimal  form. 

323.  Multiply  seven  thousand  and  five,  by  three- 
hundred  and  five  millionths. 

324.  Divide  .5  of  1.75  by  .25  of  m. 

325.  The  ratio  of  two  numbers  is  9,  and  the  ante- 
cedent 90;  what  is  the  consequent? 

326.  Find  the  value  of  the  omitted  term  in  the  fol- 
lowing proportion : 

$4:(?)  :  :9  :  16. 

327.  If  56  lb.  of  butter  cost  $15.68,  what  will 
.078  of  a  ton  cost? 

328.  If  96  horses  eat  192  tons  of  hay  in  one  winter, 
how  many  tons  will  150  horses  eat  in  6  winters? 

329.  In  1  yr.  4  mo.,  $311.50  amounted  to  |336.42 
at  simple  interest:  what  was  the  rate  per  cent? 

330.  What  is  the  interest  of  $14,231.50  from  June 
15, 1865,  to  April  30,  1870,  at  8  per  cent? 

331.  What  is  the  value  of  a  pile  of  wood  34  ft. 
long,  3  ft.  wide  and  5-i-  ft.  high,  at  $7.88  per  cord? 

332.  How  much  will  it  cost  to  carpet  a  parlor  18 
feet  square,  with  carpeting  f  yd.  wide,  at  $1.50 
per  jrard? 

333.  The  difference  in  the  local  time  of  two  places 
is  2h.  18m. :  what  is  the  difference  in  longitude? 

334.  33  is2f  per  cent,  of  what  number? 

335.  What  is  the  length  in  rods  of  each  side  of  a 
square  field  which  contains  66  A.  1  R.  9  sq.  rd.  ? 

336.  A  note  for  $470.66  drawn  at  60  days,  is  dis- 
counted at  bank  at  6  per  cent :  v^hat  are  the  proceeds? 


28  TEE  KEGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 

Examination  XV.    June  8}  187 1; 

337.  Arrange  the  following  numbers  as  required 
for  addition,  and  find  their  sum;  70100.3042875;  20- 
514471;  641077.21875;  2564308.875;  320538.609375; 
10257235*;  1282154.4375;  90169.0004;  5128617.75; 
160269.3046875. 

338.  What  special  name  or  names  are  given  to 
the  period  ( . ),  as  an  arithmetical  sign ;  and  what  is 
its  use  in  arithmetic  ? 

339.  What  two  denominations  of  currency  are  sep- 
arated and  distinguished  from  each  other  by  the 
period  used  as  an  arithmetical  sign? 

340.  Mention  two  or  more  arithmetical  processes 
or  rules  in  which  '  'Pointing  off  into  periods"  is  re- 
quired? 

341.  Point  off  into  periods  and  numerate  70100.- 
3042875. 

342.  What  arithmetical  operation  would  change 
the  value  of  320538.609375  to  32.0538809375? 

343.  Subtract  70100.3042875  from  10257235£. 

344.  Multiply  1282154.4375  by  90169.0004. 

345.  Divide  10257235^  by  641077.21875,  and  indi- 
cate by  the  use  of  the  proper  arithmetical  sign, 
whether  the  quotient  is  an  integral,  fractional  or 
mixed  number. 

346.  Change  the  decimal  part  of  90169.0004  to  the 
form  of  a  common  (or  vulgar)  fraction,  and  then  re- 
duce it  to  its  lowest  terms. 

347.  Find  the  prime  factors  of  the  integral  part  of 
70100,3042875. 


ARITHMETIC.  29 

348.  Regarding  20514471  as  so  many  square  inches, 
how  many  square  acres,  roods,  rods,  feet  and  inches 
would  be  the  equivalent  of  this  expression? 

349.  Regarding  the  fractional  part  of  2564308.875 
as  the  decimal  of  a  pound  avoirdupois,  to  how  many 
ounces  would  it  be  equivalent? 

350.  Represent  the  first  four  figures  of  160269.- 
3046875  by  the  Roman  notation. 

351  Copy  the  following  bill  of  items,  find  the  cost 

of  each  item,  insert  it  in  its  proper  place  on  the  right, 

and  find  the  total  amount : 

Albany,  May  30,  1871. 
Mr.  J.  B.  Woodworth, 

To  A.  &  E.  C.  Koonz,  Dr. 

To  75  yds.  carpeting,  @  $2.50 $ 

"42     "    drugget,  @1.87£. 

"  6mats,  %  $3.25 

•'  18  rugs,  @$22.30 

"  81  yds.  oilcloth,  @$1.10._ 

% 
Received  Payment, 

A.  &  E.  C.  Koonz. 

352.  Suppose  that  you  buy  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co., 
of  New  York,  5  reams  of  note  paper,  at  $3.25  per 
ream,  4, 500  envelopes,  at  $4. 75  per  M. ;  24  boxes  of 
steel  pens,  at  $1,124-  per  box;  6  French  dictionaries, 
at  $1.50  each;  and  3  photographic  albums,  at  $5.75 
each.     Make  out  the  bill  in  regular  form. 

353.  Suppose  that  the  Messrs.  Appleton  consent  to 
discount  12  per  cent  from  a  bill  of  $90,875,  how 
much  would  the  required  payment  become? 

354.  Analyze  (or  explain  in  words  the  method  of 
solving)  the  following  example :  If  6  men  can  do  a 


•30  THE  regents'  questions. 

piece  of  work  in  10  days,  how  long  will  it  take  5 
men  to  do  it  ? 

355.  Define  Ratio. 

356.  Define  Proportion. 

357.  Define  Rule  of  Three. 

358.  Solve  the  following  example  by  the  Rule  of 
Three,  (or  Proportion:) 

If  a  railroad  car  goes  17  miles  in  45  minutes,  how 
far  will  it  go  in  5  hours  at  the  same  rate? 

359.  J.  Ayers  had  D.  Howe's  note  for  $1,728, 
dated  Dec.  29,  1869;  what  will  be  the  amount  Oct.  9, 
1872,  at  9  per  cent? 

360.  What  principal  will  gain  $5.11,  in  3  yr.  and 
6  mo.  at  8  per  cent? 


Examination  XVI.    JVov.  g,  1871. 

361.  Express  by  figures  the  number :  five  trillions 
•eighty  billions  nine  millions  and  one. 

362.  Add  the  following  numbers  : 

(x  Two  hundred  and  ten  thousand  four  hundred ; 
(a)  One  hundred  thousand  five  hundred  and  ten; 

(3)  Ninety  thousand  six  hundred  and  eleven; 

(4)  Forty-two  hundred  and  twenty-five; 
C5)  Eight  hundred  and  ten. 

363.  Taking  two  hundred  and  ten  thousand  four 
hundred  as  a  minuend,  and  one  hundred  thousand 
five  hundred  and  ten  as  a  remainder,  what  will  the 
subtrahend  be,  expressed  in  words? 

364.  What  is  the  product  of  ninety  thousand  six 


ARITHMETIC.  31 


hundred  and  eleven,    and  forty   two  hundred  anc5 
twenty  five? 

365.  The  quotient  of  one  number  divided  by 
another  is  37;  the  divisor,  246;  the  remainder,  230; 
what  is  the  dividend? 

366.  What  is  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  1649 
and  5423  ? 

367.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  (or  divi- 
dend) of  21,  35  and  42? 

368.  What  is  the  value  of  6|  divided  by  8£  ? 

369.  How  many  yards  of  cloth  |  of  a  yard  wide 
are  equivalent  to  12  yards  £  yards  wide  ? 

370.  Change  j  to  an  equivalent  fraction  having  91 
for  its  denominator. 

371.  The  difference  between  f  and  £  of  a  number 
is  10 :  what  is  that  number  ? 

372.  What  is  the  sum  of  i,  1&,  10|,  and  5? 
'373.  What  will  4868  bricks  cost,  at  $4.75  per  M.? 

374.  An  open  court  contains  40  square  yards :  how 
many  stones,  nine  inches  square,  will  be  required  to 
pave  it? 

375.  Change  .0008  to  a  common  fraction. 

376.  Change  ¥f^  to  a  decimal. 

377.  How  many  cords  of  wood  could  be  piled  in  a 
shed  50  ft.  long,  25  ft,  wide  and  10  ft.  high? 

378.  How  many  acres  of  city  land  at  $2  per  square 
foot,  could  be  bought  for  a  half  million  dollars? 

379.  Change  10  oz.  13  pwt.  9  gr.  to  the  decimal  of 
a  pound  Troy. 

380.  A  man  owning  |  of  an  iron  foundry,  sold  35- 
per  cent,  of  his  share:  what  part  did  he  still  own? 


32  THE  regents'  questions. 

381.  What  will  be  the  amount,  at  simple  interest, 
of  $35.61,  from  Nov.  11,  1869,  to  Dec.  15,  1871,  at  6 
per  cent? 

382.  If  the  consequent  be  f ,  and  the  ratio  f,  what 
is  the  antecedent? 

383.  At  the  rate  of  9  yards  for  £5  12s.  how  many 
yards  of  cloth  can  be  bought  for  £44  16s? 

384.  What  is  the  square  root  of  570.02880036? 


Examination  XVII.    Feb.  2J,  z8j2., 

385.  Add  seven  hundred  and  four ;  sixty  thousand 
four  hundred;  five  million  eight  thousand  and  sixty; 
912875;  thirty  thousand  and  forty-nine;  seven  hun- 
dred and  seven  thousand  nine  hundred  and  six. 

386.  A.  had  $3,958,  B.  $1,463;  A.  lost  $1,365,  B. 
gained  $1,165:  which  then  had  the  most,  and  how 
much? 

387.  A  peddler  bought  491  yards  of  cloth  at  81  cts. 
a  yard ;  he  used  29  yards,  and  sold  the  rest  at  95  cts. 
-a  yard :  how  much  did  he  gain  ? 

388.  A  city  had  $311,205  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year;  the  income  of  the  year  was  $884,743,  and  ex- 
penses $896,756:  what  was  the  balance  on  hand  at 
the  end  of  the  year  ? 

389.  A  man  exchanged  159  cords  of  wood  at  $5  a 
cord,  for  a  horse  valued  at  $144,  and  the  balance  in 
sheep  at  $3  apiece :  how  many  sheep  did  he  receive  ? 

390.  How  many  pieces  of  muslin,  each  containing 
33  yards,  must  be  sold  at  14ct.  5m.  a  yard  to  realize 
$1,339.80? 


ARITHMETIC.  33 


391.  How  many  sq.  yd.  of  paving  in  a  street  are 
there,  2700ft.  long  and  40ft.  wide? 

392.  At  noon  on  Thursday,  a  ship  was  in  north 
latitude  28°  15'  35" ;  it  then  sailed  north  till  Saturday 
afternoon  at  3  o'clock,  when  it  was  in  north  latitude 
41°  34'  35":  what  was  its  average  motion  per  hour,  in 
geographical  miles? 

393.  i-  of  fa  of  H  of  f  of  |  of  20?-=  ? 

394.  Sold  a  team  for  $1834,  losing  $24£:  for  how 
much  should  I  have  sold  it  to  gain  $39^  ? 

395.  A  man  having  105f  A.  of  land,  exchanged  ^ 
of  it  for  wood,  at  the  rate  of  10£  C.  per  A. :  how 
many  C.  did  he  receive  ? 

396.  Multiply  the  quotient  of  14f ,  divided  by  6f, 
by  the  quotient  of  5f  divided  by  7 fa. 

397.  Reduce  9000000  in.  to  mi. 

398.  What  is  the  cost  of  a  field  77  rd.  long  and  41 
rd.  wide,  at  $17.60  an  A.? 

399.  If  4.2  yd.  of  cloth  cost  $15,  what  will  8  yd.  3 
qr.  cost? 

400.  If  a  loaf  weighing  124  oz.  is  worth  2  cts., 
when  flour  is  §4  a  bbl.,  what  is  the  value  of  a  loaf 
weighing  10 £-  oz.,  when  flour  is  $6|  a  bbl.  ? 

401.  A  man  bought  350  A.  of  land  for  $40  an  acre, 
and  sold  a  part  for  $2,240,  at  the  same  rate:  what  per 
cent,  of  the  land  did  he  sell? 

402.  At  6  per  cent.,  what  is  the  interest  of  $720  for 
3  yrs.  4  mo.  16  da.  ? 

403.  Sold  50  bbl.  of  wine,  each  containing  31  gal. 
2qt.,  at  $2.40  a  gal.,  receiving  a  note  at  90  days 
without  grace :  what  would  be  the  proceeds  of  this 
note,  discounted  at  7|  per  cent? 


34  THE  regents'  questions. 

404.  A.,  B.  and  C.  bought  a  horse  for  $100  and 
sold  him  for  $150,  by  which  A.  gained  $18  and  B. 
$19:  how  much  had  each  paid  for  the  horse  ? 

405.  A  man  had  a  yard  38  ft.  long  and  27  ft.  wide : 
he  reserved  two  grass  plats  each  8  ft.  square,  and 
had  the  rest  paved  with  stone,  at  45  cts.  a  sq.  yd. : 
what  did  the  paving  cost? 

406.  The  product  of  two  equal  factors  is  34225: 
what  is  each  factor? 

407.  Find  the  sum  of  10  terms  of  the  geometric 
series,  3,  6,  12,  etc. 

408.  If  January  1st  is  Sunday,  how  much  can  a 
man  earn  in  the  first  three  months  of  a  leap  year,  at 
$1.25  per  day,  not  working  Sundays? 


Examination  XVIII.   June  6,  18 j2. 

409.  If  the  minuend  be  69  trillion   and  the  differ- 
ence 85  billion,  what  is  the  subtrahend? 

410.  If  892  is  one  factor,  and  28544  the  product, 
what  is  the  other  factor  ? 

411.  Resolve  180  into  its  prime  factors. 

412.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  222  and 
564. 

413.  Reduec8692  to  a  fraction  whose  denominator 
is  25. 

414.  What  cost  5|  cords  of  wood  at  $7.56  a  cord? 

415.  f  of  H  divided  by  &  of  f  of  f  =  ? 


ARITHMETIC.  35 


416.  A  body  of  4800  troops  has  ^  as  many  cavalry 
as  infantry :  what  is  the  number  of  infantry  ? 

417.  3fX3fX^  =  ? 

418.  The  product  of  three  numbers  is  74^ ;  two  of 
them  are  81  and  6T13- :  what  is  the  third  ? 

419.  Reduce  2  m.  5  f .  13  r.  4  yd.  2  ft,  to  inches. 

420.  What  would  be  the  cost  of  enough  oil  cloth 
to  cover  a  room  12x16+  feet,  at  75  cts.  per  sq.  yd.  ? 

421.  At  $198  per  lb.,  what  would  be  the  cost  of  10 
oz.  10  pwt.  10  gr.  of  gold? 

422.  What  is  the  difference  in  time  of  two  places 
whose  longitudes  differ  7  degrees,  8  minutes  and  4 
seconds? 

423.  Write  in  figures  (the  fractional  part  as  decimal) 
the  number :  seven  millions  and  one  ten-millionth. 

424.  49.2654756  divided  by  .0750=? 

425.  Reduce  .8975  of  a  week,  to  whole  numbers  of 
lower  denominations. 

426.  What  is  the  amount  of  $1,000  for  7  yr.  10 mo. 
18  da.,  at  6  per  cent.,  simple  interest? 

427.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  $1,609. 30  for  10 
mo.  24  d.,  discounted  at  5  per  cent? 

428.  For  what  must  apples,  which  cost  $1.25,  be 
sold  to  gain  20  per  cent? 

429.  If  $800  yield  $56  interest  in  a  certain  time, 
what  will  $390  yield  at  the  same  rate? 

430.  If  a  3-cent  loaf  weigh  2  oz.,  when  flour  is 
$7.50  per  bbl.,  what  should  a  12  cent  loaf  weigh  when 
flour  is  $16  per  barrel? 

431 .  What  number  expresses  the  difference  between 
the  square  and  the  cube  of  24  V 

432.  What  is  the  square  root  of  253009? 


36  THE  regents'  questions. 

Examination  XIX.    JVov.  7,  1872. 

433.  Write  in  figures:  twenty  quintillions  two 
hundred  and  seven  billions  six  hundred  millions  six 
thousand  and  fifty-nine. 

434.  Express  in  words:  224000000600317010. 

435.  Add  100375,  406780,  4673005,  4112,  18365791, 
2478,  and  164357. 

436.  Find  the  sum  (in  Roman  notation)  of  LXYI, 
MDXIX,  CCIV,  XVIII. 

437.  The  factors  of  a  certain  number  are  53,  7,  5, 
and  107:  what  is  that  number? 

438.  246515999541  divided  by  28653=what? 

439.  What  are  the  prime  factors  of  6006  ?    q. 

440.  What  is  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  2268 
and  344? 

441.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  the  9 
digits. 

442.  Reduce  £• ,  ^,  i,  and  2J-,  to  equivalent  num- 
bers having  the  least  common  denominator. 

443.  What  would  be  the  whole  cost  of  four  fields, 
containing  respectively,  4^,  21,  3f,  and  Iff  acres,  at 
$25  an  acre  ? 

444.  Reduce  f X£X|XT4TXHXfXf,  to  a  single 
fraction  of  the  lowest  terms. 

445.  If  a  man  makes  $1££  on  the  sale  of  one  table, 
how  many  tables  must  he  sell  to  make  $27f  ? 

446.  A.  Barnes,  of  Lee,  sold  B.  Brown  the  follow- 
ing articles:  April  1,  1872,  24  yd.  black  silk,  at 
$2.25  a  yd. ;  April  3,  2  pieces  calico,  40  yds.  each,  at 
30  c.  a  yd. ;  May  2.  4  dress  patterns,  at  $6,75  a  pat- 
tern; May  9,  22i  yd.  linen,  at  $1.12  a  yd.    Brown 


ARITHMETIC.  37 


paid  $55  on  account.      Make  out  his  bill  in  proper 
form,  showing  balance  due. 

447.  At  35  c.  per  sq.  yd.,  what  would  it  cost  to 
plaster  a  wall  15  ft.  high  and  54  ft.  long? 

448.  How  much  wood  in  three  piles,  the  first  of 
which  contains  10  cd.  Gcd.ft.  4  cu.ft.,  the  second,  12 
cd.  12  cu.ft, ;  the  third,  17  cd.  1  cd.ft? 

449.  Divide  the  sum  of  five  thousand  and  two 
thousandths,  by  two  hundredths. 

450.  $10  is  12  per  cent,  of  what  number? 

451.  What  is  the  amount  of  $2,160  from  March  10 
to  Dec.  1,  at  5  per  cent? 

452.  How  much  must  be  invested  at  7  per  cent, 
simple  interest,  to  yield  an  annual  income  of  $630? 

453.  A  note  for  $1,800,  payable  in  60  days,  was 
discounted  at  bank  at  6  per  cent. :  how  much  did  the 
holder  receive? 

454.  What  cost  9  hats,  if  5  hats  cost  £4, 5s? 

455.  If  the  wages  of  6  men  for  14  days  are  $126, 
what,  at  the  same  rate,  would  be  the  wages  of  9  men 
for  16  days? 

456.  Extract  the  square  root  of  6.5536. 


Examination  XX.    Feb.  27,  1873. 

457.  Write  in  words  the  number  represented  by 
the  figures:  20463162486135. 

458.  Express  in  figures :  fifty-seven  billions  fifty- 
nine  millions  ninety  thousand  and  forty-seven. 


38  THE  regents'  questions. 

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460.  From  501505010678  take  794090589. 

461.  Multiply  ninety  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seven,  by  nine  thousand  one  hundred  and  six. 

462.  18  A.  0  R.  14  p.  equal  how  many  square 
feet? 

463.  31557600  seconds  equal  how  many  days? 

464.  From  61  S.  15°  36'  15"  take  53  S.  18°  50'  18". 

465.  If  84  loads  of  hay  weigh  201  T.  6  cwt.  0  qr. 
12  lb.,  what  will  5  loads  weigh? 

466.  What  are  the  prime  factors  of  19965  ? 

467.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  3,  4,  5,  6, 
7,  8. 

468.  Reduce  f  XT\XtVX8f  X^-to  a  simple  frac- 
tion of  the  lowest  terms. 

469.  Reduce  f ,  §-,  £,  i,  £  and  ^  to  equivalent  frac- 
tions having  the  least  common  denominator. 

470.  What  is  the  sum  of  f,  f,  f ,  and  TV? 

471.  Divide  116f  by  14^.  (Give  the  answer  as  a 
mixed  number,  with  its  fraction  of  the  lowest 
terms.) 

472.  Reduce  f  of  a  grain  to  the  fraction  of  a  pound 
Troy. 

473.  Paid  $4,355.52  for  49f  pieces  of  carpeting: 
what  would  37f  pieces  cost,  at  the  same  rate? 

474.  Multiply  eighty-seven  thousandths  by  fifteen 
millionths. 

475.  What  decimal  fraction  is  equivalent  to  ^? 

476.  What  is  5  per  cent,  of  $789? 

477.  What  is  the  interest  of  $1,165.50,  for  5  yr.  3 
mo.  9  d.  at  7  per  cent9 


ARITHMETIC.  39 


478.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  $780  for  30 
days? 

479.  If  A.  travels  117  miles  in  15  days,  employing 
9  hours  a  day,  how  far  would  he  travel  in  20  days, 
travelling  12  hours  a  day  (at  the  same  rate  per  hour)? 

480.  What  is  the  square  root  of  23804641  ? 


Examination  XXL    June  $}  1873. 

481.  Write  1873  in  Roman  characters. 

482.  What  is  Notation? 

483.  Write  in  words:  9008007006 

484.  To  what  number  must  962  oe  added  three 
times  to  make  8472? 

485.  $9,843,621  plus  $4,687.32  plus  $84,321  plus 
$.07  plus  $.64  plus  $973,241=? 

486.  Reduce  53684"  to  numbers  of  higher  denomi- 
nations. 

487.  Reduce  .8975  of  a  week  to  whole  numbers  of 
lower  denominations. 

488.  What  cost  10f  tons  of  coal,  at  $7f  a  ton? 

489.  108-=4fXTT-£=? 

490.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  12,  16, 
and  28. 

491.  Reduce  \%,  £f ,  and  8f  to  the  least  common 
denominator. 

492.  A  cubic  foot  of  granite  weighs  163  lb.  5  oz. ; 
what  is  the  weight  of  a  block  3  ft.  2f  in.  long,  2  ft. 
4  in.  wide,  and  1  ft.  3  in.  thick? 


40  THE  regents'  questions. 

493.  How  many  linear  yards  of  carpeting  1\  yd. 
wide  will  cover  a  floor  18  ft.  square? 

494.  When  snow  is  uniformly  6  inches  deep,  how 
many  cubic  feet  are  there  on  one  acre  of  land? 

495.  Charles  Fuller  bought  of  James  Monroe,  at 
West  Troy,  N.  Y.,  May  4,  1873,  1  horse  for  $95,  2 
cows  at  $50  each,  1  wagon  for  $62,  2  shovels  at  $1.12 
each  and  30  bushels  of  corn  at  $0. 65  per  bushel,  pay- 
ing cash  in  full.     Make  the  bill  in  due  form. 

496.  A  cistern-can  be  emptied  by  7  pipes  of  equal 
capacity  in  35  minutes :  in  what  time  can  it  be  emp- 
tied if  only  5  pipes  are  open? 

497.  If  12  per  cent,  of  $97.50  be  lost,  what  amount 
will  remain? 

498.  What  is  the  simple  interest  of  $200  for  4  yr. 

6  mo.  3d.,  at  7  per  cent? 

499.  Find  the  bank  discount  of  $1,000  for  3  mo.  at 

7  per  cent. 

500.  If  9  lb.  of  lead  make  150  bullets,  how  many 
bullets  can  be  made  from  105  lb.  ? 

(Solve  by  proportion  and  cancellation.) 

501.  If  the  wages  of  75  boys  for  84  days  were 
$68.75,  how  many  days  could  90  boys  be  employed  at 
the  same  rate,  for  $41.25? 

(Solve  by  double  proportion.) 

502.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  square 
and  the  cube  of  24? 

503.  What  is  the  square  root  of  253009? 

504.  £  of  a  number  exceeds  \  of  it  by  20 :  what  i» 
that  number? 


ARITHMETIC.  41 


Examination  XXII.   JVov.  6,  i8j3- 

505.  Find  the  sum  f  of  9|  and  f  of  28^. 

506.  Find  the  difference  between  3f-j-7f  and  44-2f . 

507.  The  product  of  three  factors  is  19£,  and  two 
of  them  are  f  and  £ :  what  is  the  other? 

508.  Divide  .5  of  1.75  by  .25  of  17£. 

509.  What  is  the  value  of  6§  divided  by  8|,  as  a 
simple  fraction? 

510.  What  is  the  value  of  .815625  of  a  pound  Troy 
expressed  in  oz.  pwt.  and  gr.  ? 

511.  Eeduce  4  da.  4  hr.  48  mi.  to  the  decimal  of  a 
week. 

512.  A  person  owned  f  of  a  mine  and  sold  §•  of  his 
interest  for  $1,710:  what  was  the  whole  cost? 

513.  Sold  9f  cwt.   of  sugar  at  $8  per  cwt..  and 
thereby  lost  20  per  cent:  what  was  the  whole  cost? 

514.  A  man,  owning  f  of  a  bank,  sold  35  per  cent, 
of  his  share:  what  per  cent,  of  the  whole  was  left? 

515.  A's  property  is  assessed  at  $6,750,  and  B.'s  at 
$13,550.     A.'s  tax  is  $55.35:  how  much  is  B.'s? 

516.  How  many  acres  could  10  men  plough  in  14 
hours  if  7  men  plough  6  acres  in  12£  hours? 

517.  What  is  the  simple  interest  on  $200  for  3  yr. 
10  mo.  at  7  per  cent? 

518.  In  1  yr.  4  mo.,  $311.50  amounted  to  $348.88, 
at  simple  interest;  what  was  the  rate  per  cent? 

519.  What  is  the  amount  of  $1,000  for  7  yr.  10  mo. 
18  da.,  at  6  per  cent,  simple  interest? 

520.  What  sum,  at 9  percent.,  simple  interest,  will 
amount  to  $286.00,  in  3  yr.  4  mo.  ? 


42  TITE  regents'  questions. 

521.  A  note  for  $470. 66,  drawn  at  60  days,  is  dis- 
counted at  bank  at  6  per  cent:  what  are  the  proceeds? 

522.  What  is  the  amount  of  $50,  at  compound  in- 
terest for  3  yr.  at  8  per  cent,,  interest  payable  half- 
yearly? 

523.  J.  Ayres  has  D.  Howe's  note  for  $1,728, 
dated  Dec.  29,  1869:  what  was  the  amount  Oct.  9, 
1873,  at  9  per  cent.,  with  interest  from  date? 

524.  What  is  the  value  in  currenc}r  of  $865  in  gold, 
when  the  latter  is  selling  at  107  per  cent.  ? 

525.  How  much  gold  will  $100  currency  buy,  gold 
being  at  111? 

526.  Suppose  that  you  buy  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co. 
of  New  York,  5  reams  of  note  paper,  at  $3.25  per 
ream;  4,500  envelopes,  at  $4.75  per  M. ;  24  boxes  of 
steel  pens,  at  $1.12|  per  box;  6  French  dictionaries, 
at  $1.50  each;  and  3  photographic  albums,  at  $5.75 
each.  Make  a  bill  for  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  against 
yourself,  in  regular  form. 

527.  A  man  had  a  yard  38  ft.  long  and  27  ft.  wide; 
he  reserved  two  grass  plats,  each  8  ft.  square,  and 
had  the  rest  paved  with  stone,  at  45cts.  a  sq.  yd. : 
what  did  the  paving  cost? 

528.  How  much  will  it  cost  to  dig  a  cellar  40  ft. 
long,  32  ft.  wide,  and  5  ft.  deep,  at  $0.25  a  cubic 
yard? 


Examination  XXII 1.    Feb.  26 ;  18 j 4. 

529.  Find  the  smallest  number  which  will  exactly 
contain  9,  15,  18,  20. 


ARITHMETIC.  43 


530.  If  5  be  added  to  each  term  of  the  fraction  f , 
by  what  number  will  its  value  be  diminished? 

531.  If  .0001  is  the  dividend,  and  1.25  the  divisor, 
what  is  the  quotient? 

532.  What  will  28  sq.  yd.,  129  sq.  ft.  of  land  cost 
at  12  cts.  per  sq.  ft.  ? 

533.  What  is  the  cost  of  4,565  ft.  of  joist,  at  $23 
per  M.,  and  13,640  ft.  of  boards  at  $53.55  per  M.  ? 

534.  If  32f  sq.  yd.  of  carpeting  will  cover  a  floor 
14  ft.  wide,  what  is  the  length  of  the  floor? 

535.  If  a  load  of  wood  is  8  ft.  long  and  3  ft.  wide, 
how  high  must  it  be  to  contain  a  cord? 

586.  What  decimal  of  a  short  ton  is  f  of  an  oz.  ? 

537.  20004-f(20.104x5.07)-(6.44^-.0005)=? 

538.  What  part  of  2|  is  (f  of  £  of  f-g-f)? 

539.  Reduce  .3945  of  a  day  to  lower  denomina- 
tions. 

540.  An  agent  received  $67. 50  for  collecting  $4, 500 : 
what  was  the  rate  per  cent,  of  his  commission? 

541.  How  many  cubic  ft.  in  a  rectangular  beam, 
24  ft.  6  in.  long,  1  ft.  9  in.  wide,  and  1  ft.  2£  in. 
thick? 

542.  How  much  shall  I  gain  by  borrowing  $3,560 
or  1  yr.  6  mo.  10 da.,  at  6  per  cent.,  and  lending  it 
at  7  per  cent,  for  the  same  length  of  time? 

543.  What  is  the  amount  of  $1,450.40  from  April 
19,  1872,  to  August  3, 1873,  at  6  per  cent? 

§44.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  greatest 
common  divisor  of  30  and  42,  and  their  least  com- 
mon multiple? 

545.  A  63  gal.  cask  is  f  full  of  wine:  if  27.625  gal. 


44  ,      THE  regents'  questions. 

should  leak  out,  the  wine  remaining  will  be  what 
decimal  part  of  the  full  cask? 

546.  James  Riley  &  Co.  bought,  July  7,  1873,  of 
Joseph  Herr,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  15  tons  of  coal  at  $6.50 
per  ton;  19  tons  of  coal  at  $8.25  per  ton;  and  14£-  cords 
of  wood  at  $5.20  per  cord.  Make  a  bill  of  the  pur- 
chase, and  receipt  it  for  Joseph  Herr. 

547.  How  much  must  be  paid  for  41  gal.  2  qt.  If  pt. 
of  molasses,  at  72  cts.  a  gal.  ? 

548.  If  {%  of  a  ton  of  hay  cost  $18.50,  how  much 
will  two  loads  cost,  one  weighing  f  of  a  ton,  and 
the  other  |f  of  a  ton? 

549.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  true  and 
the  bank  discount  of  $300,  for  3  months,  at  8  per 
cent? 

550.  "What  principal  on  interest  at  7  per  cent.,  from 
April  9,  1871,  to  Sept.  5,  1873,  will  amount  to  $1,- 
477.59? 

551.  The  difference  between  the  interest  of  $600, 
and  that  of  $750,  at  5  per  cent,  for  a  certain  time,  is 
$18.75.     What  is  the  time? 

552.  If  18  men  can  dig  a  trench  30  yd.  long  in  24 
da.,  by  working  8  hr.  a  day,  how  many  men  can  dig 
a  trench  60  yd.  long,  in  64  da.,  working  6  hours  a 
day? 


Examination  XXI V.    June  4, 18  j  4: 

553.  What  is  the  sum  of  3912,  400005,  631$,  736863, 
.000803,  60708010,  4^,  and  290.68042? 

554.  Subtract  &  of  9f,  from  -fa  of  151^. 


ARiTmrETic.  45 


555.  What  will  250  miles  of  telegraph  wire  cost  at 
3  cts.  per  ft.  ? 

556.  When  it  is  noon  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
in  longitude  18  °  24 '  east,  what  is  the  time  at  Cape 
Horn,  in  longitude  67  °  21 '  west? 

557.  How  many  cords  of  wood  in  a  pile  140  ft. 
long,  4£  ft.  wide,  and  6|  ft.  high? 

558.  Required  the  area  in  acres,  etc.,  of  a  piece  of 
land  .5  of  a  mile  long,  and  .3  of  a  mile  broad. 

559.  How  much  will  it  cost  to  dig  a  cellar  40  ft. 
long,  32  ft.  wide,  and  5  ft.  deep,  at  £0.25  a  cubic  yd.  I 

560.  i  of  a  qr.  is  what  per  cent,  of  f  of  a  cwt.  ? 

561.  Reduce  fib.  Troy  to  units  of  lower  denomin- 
ations. 

562.  How  much  gold  will  $100  currency  buy,  gold 
being  at  113? 

563.  In  1  yr.  4  mo.,  $311.50  amounted  to  $336.42, 
at  simple  interest:  what  was  the  rate  per  cent? 

564.  What  sum,  at  7  per  cent,  simple  interest,  will 
amount  to  $221.07,  in  3  yr.  4  mo.  ? 

565.  A  note  for  $470.66,  drawn  at  60  days,  is  dis- 
counted at  bank  at  6  per  cent. :  what  are  the  pro- 
ceeds? 

566.  What  is  the  amount  of  $50,  for  2  yr.,  at  8  per 
cent,  compound  interest,  pa}rable  half-yearly? 

567.  The  four  sides  of  my  garden  are  168  ft., 
280  ft.,  182  ft.,  and  252  ft.,  respectively.  What  is 
the  greatest  length  of  boards  that  I  can  use  in  fenc- 
ing it,  without  cutting  any  of  them? 

568.  A  garden  has  4  sides,  respectively  168,  280, 
182,  and  252  ft.  long.  Suppose  that  each  board  is  8 
in.  wide,   and  that  the  fence  is  5  boards  high :  how 


46  THE  regents'  questions. 

many  sq.    ft.    of  boards  will  it  require  to  fence  the 
garden? 

569.  Suppose  that  you  sell  to  John  Clarke,  of  New 
York,  for  cash,  75  yd.  of  carpet,  $1.55  per  yd.;  30 
yd.  drugget,  at  $1.30  per  yd. ;  5  mats  at  $3.15  each, 
and  35  yd.  of  oil  cloth,  at  $1.05  per  yd.  Make  a  re- 
ceipted bill  of  these  articles,  in  regular  form. 

570.  What  is  the  value  of  (fX|-f3f)-s-ff  ? 

571.  What  is  the  least  number  that  8,  12  and  16 
will  each  divide  without  remainder? 

572.  What  will  11  lb.  4  oz.  of  tea  cost,  if  3  lb.  12 
oz.  cost  $3.50? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 

573.  If  a  man  travels  107  miles  in  15  days,  em- 
ploying only  9  hours  a  day,  how  far  would  he  go  in 
20  days,  travelling  12  hours  a  day,  at  the  same  rate 
per  hour? 

574.  What  debt  can  be  discharged  in  a  year  by 
weekly  payments  in  arithmetical  progression,  the  first 
being  $24,  and  the  last  $1,224? 

575.  What  is  the  length,  in  feet  and  inches,  of 
each  side  of  a  square  carpet,  made  from  208£  yds.  of 
Brussels  carpeting,  f  yd.  wide  ? 

576.  What  is  the  length  of  the  side  of  a  cubical 
box  which  contains  389017  solid  inches? 


Examination  XXV.    JVov,j?;  1&74. 

577.  Find  the  sum  of  the  following  numbers,  ar- 
ranging them  properly  for  addition:  14.2351;  651.- 
012;  2.219;  .0374;  .00146. 


ARITHMETIC.  47 


578.  Multiply  4.44;  5.555;  6,23;  .5. 

579.  Di-ide  6.435945  by  4027.5. 

580.  Find  the  sum  of  16i,  §i,  and  fi. 

581.  Find  the  product  of  if,  i,  and  T?r. 

582.  If  3f  bu.  of  oats  cost  $2f,  what  will  2  bu. 
cost?      , 

583.  Resolve  122,  850  into  its  prime  factors. 

584.  Find  the  greatest  common    divisor  of  195, 
285,  and  315. 

585.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  49,  14,  84, 
168  and  98. 

586.  Sold  2,462  feet  of  boards,  at  $  7.25  per  1000 

600     "     scantling,    "     11.75  "     1000 

"     10,12     "     plank,  "      1.25  "      100 

77     "  hewn  timber"       .15"     foot 

Write  a  bill  of  the  same  and  receipt  it.     The  seller 

may  be  John  Smith,  and  the  buyer  James  Brown. 

587.  What  part  of  f  of  a  mile  is  4f  rods,  expressed 
in  decimals? 

588.  The  longitude  of  New  York  city  is  73°  58' 
54.43"W. ;  of  Buffalo,  78°  53 '  25  "  W.  What  is  the 
difference  of  time? 

589.  Write  the  rule  for  multiplication  of  decimals. 

590.  Write  the  rule  for  division  of  decimals. 

591.  Define  ratio,  state  how  it  may  be  expressed, 
what  each  term  is  called,  and  give  an  example. 

592.  The  same  of  proportion. 

593.  What  is  either  extreme  of  a  proportion  equal 
to?    What  either  mean- 

594.  What  is  the  simple  interest  on  $2, 500  for  1  jr. 
8  mo.  12  da.,  at  7  per  cent? 

595.  A.  has  a  note  against  B.  for  $1,728,  payable  90 
days  after  date,  without  interest,  which  he  gets  dis- 


48  THE  regents'  questions. 

counted  at  bank  at  the  rate  of  7  per  cent. :  what  does 
he  receive? 

596.  Extract  the  square  root  of  1104601. 

597.  If  a  man  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in  20  days, 
working  10  hours  a  day,  how  long  will  it  take  him 
to  do  the  same  if  he  works  12  hours  a  day? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 

598.  A  farmer  puts  a  flock  of  sheep  in  three  pas- 
tures; in  the  first  he  puts  £  of  his  flock,  in  the  second 
i,  and  in  the  third,  32  sheep.     How  many  has  he  ? 

(Solve  by  analysis.) 

599.  Find  12  per  cent,  of  $^. 

600.  A  commission  merchant  sold  500  pieces  of 
muslin,  each  piece  containing  21  yards,  for  23  cents 
a  yard:  what  is  his  commission  at  2£  per  cent? 


Examination  XXVI ,  Feb.  25,  1&75. 

601.  The  population  of  Me.  is  627,413;  of  N.  H., 
301,471;  of  Vt.,  300,187;  of  Mass.,  1,240,499;  of 
Conn.,  410,749;  of  R.  I.,  192,815.  What  is  the  aggre- 
gate population  of  these  States? 

602.  B.  had  $12,311;  and  after  paying  his  debts, 
and  giving  away  $2,108,  he  has  $8,199  left.  What 
was  the  amount  of  his  debts? 

603.  How  many  peaches  in  an  orchard  of  14  rows 
of  trees,  each  row  having  27  trees,  and  each  tree  108 
peaches  ? 

604.  How  many  cheeses  of  45 lb.  each,  atl2cts. 


ARITHMETIC.  49 

per  R).,  will  pay  for  15  bbl.  of  apples,  each  contain- 
ing 3  bu.,  at  84  cts  per  bu.  ? 

605.  Add  8&,ff ,  and  ff- 

606.  What  cost  33£lb  of  tea,  at  93f  cts.  per  lb  ? 

607.  100f£-5-66£=? 

608.  Write  as  a  decimal,  and  in  words,  r^finr- 

609.  6.43875-=-4027.5=? 

610.  Anna  Lee  buys  of  Eva  Cole,  for  cash,  18  yd. 
of  calico,  at  12£  cts.  per  yd. ;  12  yd.  muslin,  at  17  cts. ; 
2£  yd.  linen  at  74  cts. ;  and  9  spools  thread,  at  7  cts. 
Make  a  bill  in  due  form. 

611.  What  decimal  part  of  a  mile  is  74  rd.  5  yd.  ? 

612.  The  circumference  of  1  carriage  wheel  is  13 
ft.  9  in.,  and  that  of  another  is  16  ft.  6  in.  How 
many  more  times  will  one  turn  than  the  other,  in  go- 
ing 30  miles? 

613.  What  cost  8,824  lb.  of  hay,  at  $15  per  ton? 

614.  The  means  and  one  extreme  of  a  proportion 
being  given,  how  may  the  other  extreme  be  found? 

615.  The  extremes  and  one  mean  being  given,  how 
may  the  other  mean  be  found? 

616.  Give  an  example  of  a  proportion  in  which  the 
means  and  one  extreme  are  given,  and  solve  it. 

617.  Give  an  example  of  a  proportion  in  which  the 
extremes  and  one  mean  are  given,  and  solve  it. 

618.  If  20  yd.  of  cloth  f  of  a  yd.  wide  are  re- 
quired for  a  dress,  what  must  be  the  width  of  a  piece 
12  yd.  long,  to  answer  the  same  purpose? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 

619.  If  a  man  can  walk  250  mi.  in  9  da.  of  12  hr.  each, 
how  many  da.  of  10  hr.  each  would  he  spend  in  walk- 
ing 400  mi.  ?    (Solve  by  double  proportion.) 


50  THE  regents'  questions. 


620.  A  boy  bought  eggs  at  the  rate  of  3  for  5  cts., 
and  sold  them  at  the  rate  of  4  for  7  cts.,  clearing  9 
cts. :  how  many  did  he  buy? 

(Solve  by  analysis.) 

621.  A  commission  merchant  sold  500  pieces  of 
cloth  for  $30  a  piece,  and  paid  the  owner  $14,700: 
what  was  the  rate  of  his  commission? 

622.  A  store  was  insured  for  $12,000  at  the  rate  of  £ 
per  cent.,  and  the  goods  for  $15,000,  at  1£  per  cent: 
what  was  the  entire  premium? 

623.  What  will  be  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $1,000, 
without  interest,  payable  at  bank  in  60  days,  at  6  per 
cent? 

624.  A  man  being  asked  his  age,  replied,  if  you 
add  to  its  half,  its  third  and  three  times  three,  the 
sum  will  be  130:  what  was  his  age? 


Examination  XXV  11.   June  <$}  1875. 

625.  The  quotient  is  71,  the  divisor  42,  and  the  re- 
mainder 15:  what  is  the  dividend  ? 

626.  What  will  be  the  cost  of  2,760  lb.  of  hay  at 
$8.50  per  ton? 

627.  From  17£  take  f  of  16£,  and  multiply  the  re- 
mainder by  •§• . 

628.  A  lady  bought  6  silver  spoons,  each  weigh- 
ing 3  oz.  3pwt.  8  gr.,  at  $2.25  an  oz.,  and  a  gold 
chain  weighing  14  pwt.  at  $1.25  a  pwt. :  what  was 
the  cost  of  both  spoons  and  chain? 


ARITHMETIC.  51 


629.  From  15  ten- thousandths  take  27  miilionths, 
and  multiply  the  difference  by  20.5. 

630.  Reduce  6. 25  of  a  pound  Troy  to  lower  inte- 
gers. 

631 .  How  many  seconds  are  there  in  the  three  sum- 
mer months? 

632.  How  many  acres  are  there  in  a  street  4  rods 
wide,  and  2^  miles  long? 

633.  Reduce  4s.  6d.  to  the  decimal  of  a  £  sterling. 

634.  A  quantity  of  sugar  was  bought  for  $150,  and 
sold  for  $167.50:  what  was  the  gain  per  cent? 

635.  Mrs.  C.  B.  Jones  bought  of  Cole,  Steel  &  Co., 
of  Detroit,  as  follows:  Nov.  12,  1874,  23  yd.  calico, 
@  16c. ;  45  yd.  sheeting,  @  20c. ;  Dec.  7,  12  yd.  silk, 
@,  $1.62£-;  8  handkerchiefs,  @  45c;  2  pairs  kid 
gloves,  @,  $1.87i.  Make  bill  for  Jan.  1,  1875,  and 
receipt  the  same,  as  clerk  of  the  firm. 

636.  What  is  the  interest  of  $125.50  for  7  mo.  10 
da.  at  7  per  cent? 

637.  A  note  for  $500,  dated  Oct,  8,  1873,  and  bear- 


ing interest  at  9  per  cent. ,  is  endorsed  as  follows : 
Nov.  4, 1874,  $30;  Jan.  30,  1875,  $250.  What  will 
be  due  Julyl,  1875? 

638.  What  is  the  true  discount  on  $236,  due  in  3 
years,  at  6  per  cent? 

639.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  $125  payable 
in  90  days,  at  8  per  cent? 

640.  Two  men  divided  a  lot  of  wood  costing 
one  taking  5£  cords,  and  the  other  the  remaining  8 
cords:  what  must  each  pay?    (Solve  by  analysis.) 

641.  What  is  the  square  root  of  416.16? 


52  THE  regents'  questions. 

642.  How  many  gallons  of  water  will  a  cistern  hold 
which  is  7  ft.  long,  6  ft.  wide,  and  11  ft.  deep? 

643.  A.  can  mow  2  acres  in  3  days,  and  B.  5  acres 
in  6  days :  in  how  many  days  can  they  together  mow 
9  acres? 

644.  A  house  valued  at  $3, 240  is  insured  for  £  of  its 
value,  at  f  per  cent. :  what  is  the  premium? 

645.  How  many  bricks  will  it  require  to  build  a 
wall2rd.  long,  6  ft.  high,  and  18  in.  thick,  each 
brick  being  8  in.  long,  4  in.  wide,  and  2£  in.  thick? 

646.  If  the  wages  of  24  men  for  4  days  are  $192, 
what  will  be  the  wages  of  36  men  for  3  days? 

(Solve  by  double  proportion  and  cancellation.) 

647.  At  what  rate  per  cent,  will  $311.50  amount 
to  $337.40  in  1  year.  4  mo.? 

648.  What  will  it  cost  to  lay  a  pavement  36  ft. 
long,  and  9  ft.  6  in.  wide,  at  40  cts.  a  sq.  yd.  ? 


Examination  XXVIII.  JIov.  4,  i8jj. 

649.  Express  in  words  the  number :  42567000129301. 

650.  ..Multiply  five  hundred  and  forty  thousand  six 
hundred  and  nine,  by  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty. 

651.  Give  the  rule  for  reduction  ascending  {i.  e. 
from  lower  to  higher  denominations),  and  state  how 
this  process  chiefly  differs  from  reduction  descending. 

652.  How  many  steps  of  two  arid  one-half  feet 
each,  would  a  man  take  in  walking  five  miles? 

653.  How  is  a  whole  number  reduced  to  a  fraction 
of  the  panie  value,  having  a  given  denominator? 


ARITHMETIC.  53 


654.  What  is  the  value  of  f  of  f  of  I  of  |,  when 
reduced  to  a  simple  fraction  of  the  lowest  terms  ? 

655.  Give  the  rule  for  reducing  several  fractions 
to  equivalent  fractions,  having  the  least  common  de- 
nominator. 

656.  Add  33-,  4§|,  and  51.652.  (Express  the  frac- 
tional part  of  the  sum  as  a  decimal  of  three  places.) 

657.  Write  in  figures :  two  and  six  hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

658.  Reduce  ^f-F  to  the  equivalent  decimal  form. 

659.  Multiply  seven  thousand  and  five,  by  three - 
hundred-and-five-millionths. 

660.  Divide  .5  of  1.75  by  .25  of  17£. 

661.  If  27  T.  3  qr.  15  lb.  of  coal  cost  $217.83,  what 
will  119  T..  1  qr.  10  lb.  cost?  (First  reduce  qrs.  and 
lbs.  to  the  decimal  of  a  ton ;  and  then  solve  by  pro- 
portion.) 

662.  What  is  the  square  root  of  .0043046721  ? 

663.  The  ratio  of  two  numbers  and  the  consequent 
being  given,  what  is  the  process  for  finding  the 
antecedent  (considering  it  as  standing  in  the  same  re- 
lation to  the  consequent,  as  a  numerator  to  its  de- 
nominator?) 

664.  Find  the  value  of  the  omitted  term  in  the 
following  proportion  :  $4  :(?):•:  9   :  16. 

665.  A  note  for  $486,  dated  Sept.  7,  1873,  was  en- 
dorsed as  follows :  Received.  March  22,  1874,  $125, 
May  13,  1875,  $120.  What  balance  remained  due  at 
time  of  last  payment,  the  rate  being  6  per  cent  ? 

666.  What  is  the  length  of  the  side  of  a  cubical 
box  which  contains  103823  solid  inches? 


54  THE  REGENTS'  questions. 

667.  What  are  the  proceeds  of  the  following  note 

discounted  at  bank,  and  when  will  it  become  due  f 

$100.  Utica,  October  11,  1875. 

Ninety  days  from  date,  for  value  received,  I  prom- 
ise to  pay  to  the  order  of  John  Smith,  One  Hundred 
Dollars,  at  the  Albany  City  Bank.  John  Jay. 

668.  Involve  •§■  to  the  5th  power 

669.  Sold  9£  cwt.  sugar  at  $8£  per  cwt.,  and 
thereby  lost  12  per  cent:  what  was  the  first  cost? 

670.  A  person  owned  f  of  a  mine,  and  sold  f  of 
his  interest  for  $1710  :  what  was  the  value  of  the 
entire  mine? 

671.  When  it  is  2  h.  36'  a.  m.  at  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  in  longitude  18°  24'  east,  what  is  the  time  at 
Cape  Horn,  in  longitude  67°  21'  west? 

672.  What  is  the  cost  of  17  T.  18  cwt.  1  qr.  17  lb. 
of  potash,  at  $53. 80  per  ton  ?  (First  reduce  the  lower 
denominations  to  the  decimal  of  a  ton.) 


Examination  XXIX.    Feb.  24, 18 j6. 

673.  Two  men  are  450  miles  apart ;  if  they  approach 
each  other,  one  traveling  30  miles  a  day  and  the  oth- 
er 35  miles  a  day,  how  far  apart  will  they  be  at  the 
end  of  6  days  ? 

674.  A.  had  $24,  B.  four  times  as  much  as  A.  less 
$16,  and  C.  twice  as  much  as  A.  and  B.  together 
plus  $17 :  how  much  money  had  C.  ? 

675.  Give  all  the  prime  numbers  below  20;  and  all 
the  composite  numbers  between  20  and  40  inclusive. 


ARITHMETIC.  55 


676.  What  is  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  144, 
216,  and  648  ? 

677.  Reduce  to  the  simplest  form,  (20f-j-J  of  f)  ■*• 
■6MX*. 

678.  The  longitude  of  New  York  being  3°  E.  from 
the  meridian  of  Washington,  San  Francisco  45°  25' 
W.,  what  will  be  the  time  of  day  at  New  York, 
when  it  is  noon  at  San  Francisco  ? 

679.  2  pk.  3  qt.  1.2  pt.  is  what  decimal  part  of  20 
bu.? 

680.  What  will  it  cost  to  dig  a  cellar  40  ft.  long, 
21  ft.  6  in.  wide,  and  4  ft.  deep,  at  $1.75  a  cubic 
yard? 

681.  From  16  ten  thousandths  take  27  millionths, 
and  multiply  the  difference  by  20.5. 

682.  Henry  Smith  bought  of  John  Clarke,  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky.,  as  follows:  Dec.  10,  1875,  7  pair  calf 
boots  @  $5.75;  6  pair  ladies'  gaiters  @.  $3. 25;  10  pair 
■children's  shoes  @  $1.75;  Jan.  5, 1876, 12  pair  coarse 
boots  @  $3.12£.  Make  out  and  receipt  the  bill,  as 
clerk  of  John  Clarke. 

683.  A  clerk  receiving  a  salary  of  $950,  pays  $275 
a  year  for  board,  $180  for  clothing,  and  $150  for 
other  expenses:  what  percent,  of  his  salary  is  left? 

684.  Carriages  costing  $165  are  sold  at  18  per  cent, 
profit:  what  is  the  gain  on  each  carriage? 

685.  A  school  house  is  insured  at  f  per  cent., 
and  the  premium  was  $93.60:  for  how  much  is  the 
house  insured? 

686.  If  a  man's  pulse  beat  300  times  in  4 
minutes,  how  many  times  will  it  beat  in  8  hours? 
(Solve  by  proportion  ) 


56  THE  regents'  questions. 

687.  If  it  cost  $84  to  carpet  a  room  36  ft.  long  and 
21  feet  wide,  what  will  it  cost  to  carpet  a  room  33  ft. 
long  and  27  ft.  wide?  (State  and  solve  as  a  compound 
proportion.) 

688.  At  what  date  will  a  note  for  $300,  given  Jan. 
10,  1876,  amount  to  $347.25,  at  6  per  cent,  simple 
interest? 

689.  A  note  for  $520,  dated  April  12,  1874,  had  the 
following  endorsement:  "Dec.  6,  1874,  $120." 
"What  amount  will  be  due  May  1, 1876,  at  9  percent, 
simple  interest? 

690.  What  is  the  square  root  of  1040TV? 

691.  A  flag  pole  180  ft.  high  casts  a  shadow  135  ft. 
in  length :  what  is  the  distance  from  the  top  of  the 
pole  to  the  end  of  its  shadow  ? 

692.  A  block  of  granite  in  the  form  of  a  cube 
contains  41063.625  cubic  inches:  what  is  the  length 
of  its  edge? 


Examination  XXX.     June  8,  1876. 

693.  The  Erie  Railway  is  460  miles  long,  and 
cost  $65,000  a  mile:  if  $9,645,635  had  been  paid, 
how  much  would  remain  unpaid? 

694.  How  many  lb.  of  butter,  at  33  cts  a  lb.,  can 
be  bought  for  55  lb.  of  tea,  at  78  cts.  a  lb.  ? 

695.  What  is  the  sum  of  twenty-nine  and  three 
tenths,  four  hundred  and  sixty-five,  and  two  hundred 
and  twenty-one  thousandths?  (Give  the  answer  in 
figure  and  also  in  wards.) 


ARITHMETIC.  57 


696.  If  I  own  I  of  a  farm,  and  sell  £  of  my  share 
for  $2,300,  what  is  the  value  of  the  whole  farm  at 
the  same  rate? 

697.  Find  the  factors  of  .035,  and  multiply  .007853 
by  these  factors. 

698.  Reduce  15  cwt.  3  qr.  2}  lb.  to  the  decimal  of 
a  ton. 

699.  Reduce  347-2560  to  a  decimal  (of  9  places.) 

700.  The  four  walls  of  a  room  are  each  16  ft.  in 
length  and  9  ft.  in  height,  and  the  ceiling  is  16  ft. 
square :  how  much  will  it  cost  to  plaster  it,  at  14  cts. 
a  sq.  yd? 

701.  A  merchant,  failing  in  trade,  pays  65  cts.  on 
each  dollar  owed;  he  owes  A  $2,750,  and  B.  #1,975; 
how  much  does  he  pay  each? 

702.  Paid  $41.62|  for  a  pile  of  wood,  at  the  rate  of 
$3.37£  a  cord:  how  much  was  there  in  The  pile? 

703.  A  steamship,  in  crossing  the  Atlantic,  has 
3,500  miles  to  go:  if  she  sails  211  mi.  4  fur.  32  rd.  a 
day,  what  distance,  after  15  da.,  has  she  still  to  sail? 

704.  How  many  sq.  ft.  are  there  in  a  board  17  ft. 
6  in.  in  length,  and  1  ft.  7  in.  in  width? 

705.  A  pasture  of  a  certain  extent  supplies  30 
horses  for  28  days :  how  long  will  the  pasture  supply 
21  horses?    (Solve  hy  proportion.) 

706.  If  4  bbl.  of  flour  cost  $341,  how  much  can 
be  bought  for  $182?     (Solve  by  analysis.) 

707.  How  much  hay  will  32  horses  eat  in  120  days, 
if  96  horses  eat  3£  T.  in  7£  weeks?  (Solve  by  com- 
pound proportion.) 

708.  What  is  the  simple  interest  of  $2,594.20,  for 
10  mo.  9  da.,  at  7-J  per  cent.  ? 


'"58  THE    REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

709.  What  is  the  compound  interest  of  $1,250,  for 
Syr.  3  mo.  24  da.,  compounded  annually,  at  6  per 
cent? 

710.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  a  note  for 
$556.27,  payable  in  60  days,  discounted  at  6  per 
cent.  ? 

711.  Two  merchants  entered  into  partnership. 
One  puts  in  $5,000  and  the  other  $2,000.  The  part- 
ner that  puts  in  the  less  sum  is  to  receive  $800  extra 
from  the  proceeds  for  his  superior  knowledge  of  the 
business.  They  gain  $4,725:  what  is  the  share  of 
each? 

712.  What  is  the  3d  power  of  8.628? 


Examination  XXXI.    JJov.  g;  1876. 

713.  How  many  figures  are  in  each  of  the  periods 
into  which  numbers  are  divided  for  reading? 

714.  Name  the  first  four  periods  of  integers,  and 
the  first  three  orders  (or  places)  of  decimals. 

715.  Write  in  figures  the  number:  One  million 
one  thousand  one  hundred  and  one. 

716.  Write  in  figures  the  numbers:  Forty-seven, 
three  hundred  and  fift}^  thousanths,  forty-two  mil- 
lionths,  two  hundred  and  twenty-three  billionths. 

717.  Multiply  732.53  by  37.846. 

718.  Divide  6052.74  by  4.379. 

719.  Bought  a  box  of  soap  containing  70  lbs. 
Keeping  it  all  summer,  it  dried  away  \,  when  I  sold 


ARITHMETIC.  59 


it  at  8f  cts.  per  pound.     I  gave  7  cts.  per  pound. 
Did  I  make  or  lose?    How  much? 

720.  If  20  men  require  7|  bbl.  of  flour  for  their 
subsistence  five  months,  how  much  will  30  men  re- 
quire for  a  year? 

721.  What  is  the  value  of  T\  of  T^  of  a  vessel,  if  a 
person  who  owns  ^  of  it  sells  £  of  i  of  his  share  for 
$1,750? 

722.  Write  the  following  numbers  in  the  decimal 
form,  and  then  add  them:  6£,  12£,  5f,  6|,  |,  f. 

723.  Multiply  5  da.  15  hr.  13  m.  20  s.  by  341. 

724.  Allowing  a  person  to  perform  a  certain  jour- 
ney in  13i  days,  by  travelling  10  hours  a  day.  in 
what  time  ought  he  to  perform  the  journey  if  he 
travel  Hi  hours  per  day? 

725.  What  is  the  cost  of  a  load  of  hay  weighing 
1,875  lb.,  at  $12.50  per  ton  (2000  lbs.)? 

726.  What  ought  eggs  to  be  per  pound,  when  they 
are  selling  at  18f  cts.  per  dozen,  if  they  average  9^ 
eggs  to  a  pound? 

727.  How  many  cords  in  three  piles  of  four  ft. 
wood,  the  first  36  ft.  long  and  4  ft.  high,  the  second 
42  ft.  long  and  5  ft  high,  and  the  third  20  ft.  long 
and  6ft.  high? 

728.  What  would  it  cost  to  enclose  a  square  lot 
containing  160  acres,  with  a  fence  costing  at  the  rate 
cf  $4  per  rod? 

729.  A  note  of  $65.80,  dated  Feb.  20,  1868,  and 
bearing  interest  at  7  per  cent.,  was  paid  June  25, 
1870:  what  was  the  amount  paid? 

730.  What  is  the  amount  of  $152  at  semi-annual 


60  THE  regents'  questions. 

compound  interest  for  2  years,  at  6  per  cent,  per 
annum  ? 

731.  What  is  the  annual  premium  on  a  policy 
which  insures  a  house  worth  $12,000  for  f  its  value, 
at  i  per  cent.  ? 

732.  Amount  $102.81,  on  $74.50,  at  10  per  cent. 
What  is  the  time? 


Examination  XXXI I.  March  1,  1877. 

733.  Name  the  first  six  periods  in  numeration. 

734.  Express  in  figures :  one  trillion  six  thousand. 

735.  1  million  400  thousand  and  50+15  hundred-f- 
25  thousand-)-120  thousand  6  hundred  and  14=  ? 

736.  The  subtrahend  is  2603.46,  and  the  remainder 
is  72.804:  what  is  the  minuend? 

737.  The  factors  of  a  number  are  7300.96   and 
5.006:  what  is  the  number  ? 

738.  The  dividend  is  39314.76,  and  the  quotient  is 
7,071:  what  is  the  divisor? 

739.  What  operations  may  be  performed  on  the 
terms  of  a  fraction  without  altering  its  value? 

740.  If  the  numerator  be  equal  to  the  denominator, 
what  is  the  value  of  the  fraction? 

741.  How  does  multiplying  the  numerator  affect 
the  value  of  a  fraction  ? 

742.  How  does  multiplying  the  denominator  affect 
the  value  of  a  fraction? 

743.  Change  12!  to  an  improper  fraction. 

744.  Reduce  £  of  £  of  j?  of  1517  to  a  simple  frac- 
tion. 


ARITHMETIC.  61 


745.  Multiply  8-15  of  12£  by  1-5  of  7|. 

746.  Divide  £  of  1£  by  £  of  £. 

747.  In  what  terms  of  multiplication  may  equal 
factors  be  cancelled  ? 

748.  In  what  terms  in  division  may  equal  factors 
be  cancelled? 

740-750.  A  note  for  $250,  dated  June  5,  1874,  was 
paid  Feb.  14,  1875,  with  simple  interest  at  8  per  cent. 
What  was  the  amount?     (Two  credits.) 

751.  What  is  Ratio? 

752.  How  is  Ratio  expressed? 

753.  What  is  Proportion? 

754.  How  is  Proportion  expressed  ? 

755.  What  are  the  1st  and  3d  terms  of  a  Propor 
tion  called? 

756.  What  are  the  2d  and  4th  terms  of  a  Propor- 
tion called? 

757.  What  are  the  extremes  of  a  Proportion,  and 
what  the  means? 

758.  Given  the  means  and  one  extreme  of  a  Pro- 
portion, how  n>ay  the  other  extreme  be  found? 

759.  Given  the  first,  second  and  fourth  terms  of  a 
Proportion,  how  may  the  third  be  found? 

760.  In  the  question:  If  4  tons  of  coal  cost 
$24,  what  will  12  tons  cost,  what  is  the  given  ratio? 

761.  If  4  tons  of  coal  cost  $24,  what  will  12 
tons  cost?    (Solve  by  proportion.) 

762.  Change  f =£§  to  the  form  of  a  proportion. 
763—764.  Albany  is  73°  44'  50"  West  Longitude: 

San  Francisco  is  122°  26'  45".  When  it  is  noon  at 
Albany,  what  is  the  time  at  San  Francisco?  (Two 
credits.) 


'63  THE  regents'  questions. 

765.  What  will  $884. 50  amount  to  in  two  years  at 
8  per  cent,  compound  interest? 

766.  If  10  tons  of  hay  will  support  5  horses  8  mo., 
how  many  horses  will  18  tons  support  one  year? 

(Solve  by  double  proportion.) 

767.  How  many  men  will  be  required  to  build  32 
rods  of  'wall  in  the  same  time  that  5  men  will  build 
10  rods?    (Solve  by  analysis.) 


Examination  XXXIII.    June  7,  i8jj. 

768.  What  are  the  3  terms  in  multiplication  called? 

769.  What  are  the  3  terms  used  in  division  called? 

770.  What  are  the  first  and  second  terms  in  multi- 
plication taken  together  called  ? 

771-772.  To  what  terms  in  multiplication  do  the 
terms  in  division  correspond? 

773.  How  many  partial  products  will  there  be,  if 
the  multiplier  consists  of  several  figures? 

774.  Given  73654  a  multiplicand,  and  4365  a  mul- 
tiplier, what  is  each  successive  multiplier,  expressed 
in  words  ? 

775.  Multiply  73564  by  4365,  and  express  each  par- 
tial product  in  words. 

776.  Multiply  73654  by  4365,  giving  the  entire 
work. 

777.  To  what,  in  division,  does  the  numerator  of 
a  fraction  correspond  ? 

778  To  what  in  division  does  the  denominator  of 
a  fraction  correspond? 


ARITHMETIC.  63 


779.  If  a  cubic  foot  of  limestone  weigh  175  lbs., 
"what  is  the  weight  of  a  cubic  yard? 

780.  What  part  of  an  acre  is  f  of  a  square  rod? 

781.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  72,  96, 
120,  384. 

782.  Divide  6525  by  4.35. 

783.  Add  ±,  h   4-13,  9-17. 

784.  Find  the  product  of  8-15x12  1-4x1-5x7^. 

785.  Divide  f  of  2£  by  f  of  3. 

786.  Reduce  to  an  equivalent  decimal,  1-320: 

787.  If  10i  cords  of  wood  cost  $34.12i,  what  will 
60f  cords  cost?    (Solve  by  analysis.) 

788.  How  much  carpeting  £  of  a  yard  wide,  is  re- 
quired for  a  room  27  ft.  3  in.  long  and  22  ft.  6  in. 
wide? 

789.  In  multiplication  of  decimals,  how  is  the 
place  of  the  decimal  point  in  the  product  determined? 

790.  In  division,  how  is  the  place  of  the  decimal 
point  in  the  quotient  determined? 

791.  At  $1.20  per  gallon,  what  cost  lbbl.  15  gal.  3 
bt.  of  molasses? 

792.  Reduce  28  rd.  4  yd.  2  ft.  10  in.  to  inches. 

793.  What  per  cent,  of  $4  are  30  cents? 

794.  Sold  160  acres  of  land  for  $4,563.20,  which 
was  8  per  cent,  less  than  it  cost;  what  did  it  cost  per 
acre? 

795.  What  is  the  simple  interest  of  $137.25  for  2 
yr.  7  mo.  14  da.  at  7  per  cent.  ? 

796.  A  note  for  $250,  dated  June  5,  1874,  was  paid 
Feb.  14, 1875,  with  interest  at  8  per  cent.  What  was 
the  amount  t 


64  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

797.  Bought  two  horses  for  $420,  paying  $48  more 
for  one  than  the  other.     Find  the  price  of  each. 

798-799.  Boston  is  71°  4'  2"  w.  longitude,  and 
Washington  77°  1'  30".  When  it  is  noon  at  Boston, 
what  is  the  time  at  Washington?    (Two  credits.) 

800.  If  2375  A.  2  R.  16  rd.  of  land  be  laid  out  in 
the  form  of  a  square,  what  will  be  the  length  of  each 
side? 

801.  A.  has  $4,000,  B.  $2,700,  C.  $2,300  in  a  house 
renting  for  $720:  what  is  each  man's  share  of  rent? 

802.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  $2,000  due  in  3 
yr.  6  mo. ,  with  interest  at  7  per  cent.  ? 


Examination  XXXIV.    Nov.  8f  i8y 7. 

803.  In  the  decimal  notation,  why  is  the  nought  (0) 
used,  which  of  itself  has  no  value? 

804.  Why  does  (0)  annexed  to  the  decimal  not 
-change  its  value  ? 

805.  What  is  the  difference  between  a  common 
and  decimal  fraction? 

806.  A  man  gave  503  acres  of  land  to  his  sons,  giv- 
ing them  83f  acres   each;  how  many  sons  had  he? 

807.  What  is  the  value  of  a  fraction  multiplied  by 
its  denominator? 

808.  If  14  acres  of  meadow  yield  32j  tons  of  hay, 
what  will  5|  acres  produce  at  the  same  rate? 

809.  Change  4,  2.17,  .136,  and  .0408  to  equivalent 
decimals  having  a  common  denominator.  (810.) 
Find  their  sum. 


ARITHMETIC.  6* 


811-12.  A  farmer  sold  300  bu,  of  oats  at  $0.45  a 
bu.  and  16|  cords  of  wood  at  $3|  a  cord.  He  re- 
ceived in  payment  125  lb.  of  sugar  at  $0.12£  a  lb.,  36 
lb.  of  tea  at  $|  a  lb.  6  bbl.  of  flour  at  $8.37*  a  bbl .. 
and  the  rest  in  cash.  How  much  cash  did  he  re- 
ceive? 

813.  Divide  100  by  .001. 

814.  What  is  the  cost  of  536720  bricks,  at  $8.75  per 
M.? 

815.  How  many  coats  can  be  made  from  32.4  yds. 
of  cloth,  allowing  2.7  yds.  for  each  coat? 

816.  Find  the  prime  factors  of  2205. 

817.  Divide  375287  by  46. 

818.  Divide  375287  by  46,  and  write  the  several 
parts  into  which  the  dividend  is  separated  in  the 
process  of  division,  each  exactly  containing  the 
divisor. 

819.  Divide  375287  by  46,  and  show  that  the  sum 
of  the  parts  into  which  the  divide  ad  is  separated  in 
the  process  of  division,  each  exactly  containing  the 
divisor,  with  the  remainder,  (if  any)  equals  the 
dividend. 

820.  Divide  375287  by  46,  and  show  that  the  sum 
of  the  several  quotients  obtained  by  dividing  by  the 
divisor  each  of  the  parts  into  which  the  dividend  is 
divided  in  the  process  of  division  expresses  the 
whole  quotient. 

821.  Find  the  greatest  divisor  in  72,  126,  216. 

822.  What  is  Percentage? 

823.  How  may  the  percentage  of  a  number  be 
found? 


66  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

824.  Mention  three  arithmetical  operations  ia 
which  percentage  is  used. 

825.  What  is  the  interest  on  $4,010  for  lyr.  1  mo. 
13  da.  at  7 per  cent,  simple  interest? 

826.  What  is  the  commission  on  the  sale  of  a  house 
for  $9,346.80.  at  6J  per  cent.  V 

827.  If  $4.30  is  paid  for  an  insurance  of  $860, 
what  is  the  rate  ? 

828.  In  a  proportion,  the  two  extremes  and  one 
mean  being  given,  how  may  the  other  mean  be  found? 

829.  In  what  terms  of  a  proportion  may  equal 
factors  be  cancelled  ? 

830.  If  a  man  walk  192  mi.  in  6  da.,  walking  8  h.  a 
day,  how  far  can  he  walk  in  18  days,  walking  6  h.  a 
day?    (Solve  by  compound  proportion.) 

S31.  If  251  A.  65  P.  of  land  are  laid  out  in  a  form 
of  a  square,  what  will  be  the  length  of  each  side? 

832.  How  many  sheets  :f  tin  each  14  X  22  in.,  will 
it  take  to  cover  a  roof.  30  ft.  X  18  it.  4  in.  ? 

833-837.  At  $0,36  per  sq.  yd.,  for  plastering,  and 
$0. 75  per  roll  for  paper  hanging,  how  much  will  it 
cost  to  plaster  the  walls  and  ceiling,  and  paper  the 
walls  of  a  room  18  X  16  X  9  ft.,  making  allowance, 
in  papering,  for  2  windows,  each  3  X  6  ft.,  and  3 
doors,  each  3X7  ft, ,  the  paper  being  1  ft.  6  in.  wide 
and  7  yd.  in  a  roll?  (  2  credits  for  computing  plas- 
tering surface  correctly;  2  for  papering;  and  one  for 
cost.) 


Examination  XXXV.    Feb.  28 ',  18  j8: 

838.  How  many  pounds  of  tea,  at  72  cents  a  pound, 


ARITHMETIC.  67 


would  pay  for  3  hogsheads  of  sugar,  each  weighing 
1464  pounds,  at  15  cents  a  pound? 

839.  A  teamster  agrees  to  cart  132  bbl.  of  flour  for 
a  merchant  on  Monday,  84  on  Wednesday,  and  108 
on  Friday;  what  is  the  largest  number  he  can  carry 
at  a  load,  and  yet  have  the  same  number  in  each? 

840.  In  f  how  many  ninety-eighths? 

841.  How  many  yards  in  three  remnants  of  cloth 
containing  respectively  2£  yd.,  1  1-9  yd.  and2-§  yd? 

842.  The  sum  of  two  numbers  is  59f,  and  the 
greater  is  30ff:  what  is  the  other  number? 

843.  Find  the  value  of  (2f  -j-  34)  X  (Sf  —  4£). 

844.  How  many  cords  in  a  pile  of  wood  196  ft. 
long,  7  ft.  6  in.  high,  and  8  ft.  wide? 

845.  What  will  be  the  cost  of  removing  the  earth, 
from  the  cellar  of  a  house  48  ft.  9  in.  long,  32  feet 
wide,  and  9  feet  deep,  at  ,$0.57  per  cubic  yard?  (2 
credits :  1  for  contents  in  cu.  ft. ;  1  for  cu.  yds.  and 
price.) 

847.  A  has  25  per  cent,  of  his  property  invested  in 
a  house,  10  per  cent,  in  a  farm,  5  per  cent,  in  a  barn, 
and  the  rest  in  a  grove  worth  $4,800.  What  is  the 
amount  of  his  property? 

848.  Bought  a  barrel  of  syrup  for  $20;  what  must 
I  charge  a  gallon  in  order  to  gain  20  per  cent,  on  the 
whole? 

849.  B.  sends  $6,897.12  to  his  agent  in  New  Or- 
leans, requesting  him  to  invest  in  cotton  after  deduct- 
ing his  commission  at  2  per  cent. ;  what  was  the  sum 
invested? 

850.  It  costs  me  $72  annually  to  keep  my  house  in. 
sured  for  $18,000;  what  is  the  rate? 


08  TILE  BEGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

m.  ii  ■■  iii.  ii.m. 

851.  The  difference  in  the  time  of  St.  Peter£Mrgh 
Washington  is  7  hr.  9  min.  19£  sec.  What  is  the  dif- 
ference in  the  longitude  of  the  two  places? 

852.  What  is  Insurance? 

853.  What  is  the  Policy? 

854.  What  is  the  Premium? 

855.  A  man  bought  a  farm,  giving  a  note  for  $3,400, 
payable  in  gold  in  five  years ;  at  the  expiration  of  the 
time  gold  was  175  per  cent. ;  what  did  his  farm  cost 
in  currency? 

850.  Find  the  simple  interest  of  $-160.90  for  3  yr. 
8  mo.  13  da.  at  3f  per  cent. 

857.  C.  bought  a  house  for  $3,436,  which  rents  foi 
$418.32.  What  rate  per  cent,  does  he  make  on  the- 
investment? 

858.  Find  the  compound  interest  of  $380.80  folf 
one  year  at  8  per  cent,  interest  payable  quarterly, " 

859.  What  is  True  Discount? 

860.  What  is  Bank  Discount? 

861.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  bank  and 
true  discount  on  $1,000  at  7  per  cent.,  payable  in  9$ 
days? 

862.  What  are  the  terms  of  Ratio  severally  called  l' 

863.  How  is  the  ratio  of  two  given  numbers  found? 

864.  Reduce  the  ratio  65  :  85  to  its  simplest  terms. 

865.  Of  how  many  ratios,  at  least,  must  a  propor- 
tion consist? 

866.  The  average  cost  of  keeping  25  soldiers  one 
year  is  $3,000;  what  would  it  cost  to  keep  139  sol- 
diers 7  years?    (Solve  by  proportion.) 

867.  Find  the  square  root  of  466.489. 

'  868-69.  A  pile  of  cord  wood  is  256  ft.  long,  8  ft. 


ARITHMETIC.  69 


high,  and  16  ft.  wide;  what  would  be  the  length  of 
each  side  of  a  cubical  pile  containing  the  same 
quantity? 


Examination  XXXV L    June  6;  18  j  8. 

870.  The  Atlantic  cable  costs  as  follows:  2500 
miles  at  $485  per  mi. ;  10  miles  deep  sea  cable,  @ 
$j  ,  150  per  mi. ;  25  miles  shore  ends  @  $1,250  per  mi. 
"What  was  the  cost? 

871.  "What  is  the  number  which  divided  by  453 
gives  the  quotient  307,  and  the  remainder  109? 

872.  Which  are  the  so  called  "Fundamental 
Bules"  of  Arithmetic?  and  (873),  why  are  they  so 
called? 

874.  What  is  a  prime  factor? 

875.  Find  the  prime  factors  of  2366. 

876.  A  man  working  for  $2  a  day,  and  paying  $4 
a  week  for  board,  saved  $72  in  ten  weeks.  How 
many  week-days  was  he  idle  ? 

877.  What  is  &  fractional  unit? 

878.  Reduce  &,  fx,  II  and  4£  to  the  least  common 
denominator. 

879.  From  28$&  subtract  3TV 

880.  Divide  &  X  18-25  byiXiX  X5T  x  U  X 
51-72. 

881.  Divide  46.1975  by  54.35. 

882.  From  a  hogshead  of  molasses,  28  gal.  2  qt. 
were  drawn;  what  common  fraction  represents  tke 
part  of  a  hhd.  which  remained? 


70  THE  REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

— i  .i.i  i     ■■  -i —* 

883.  What  decimal  part  of  a  fathom  is  3|  ft? 

884.  If  the  consequent  he  3£  and  the  ratio  7,  what 
is  the  antecedent? 

885.  When  are  three  numbers  said  to  he  propor- 
tional? 

886.  If  a  water  pipe  discharge  24  bbl.  in  1  h.  14 
m.,  in  what  time  will  it  discharge  54  bbl.  ?  (Solve  by 
analysis.) 

887.  What,  is  the  cube  root  of  19.54,  carried  to  4 
decimal  places? 

888.  If  it  cost  $95. 60  to  carpet  a  room  24x18  ft. 
how  much  will  the  same  kind  of  a  carpet  cost  for  a 
room  38x22  ft.  ?    (Solve  by  proportion.) 

889.  What  sum  of  money  is  that  of  which,  if  80 
per  cent,  be  deposited  in  bank,  and  20  per  cent,  of 
this  deposit  be  drawn,  there  will  remain  $5,760  in 
bank? 

890.  A  lawyer  collecting  a  note  at  a  commission  of 
8  per  cent,  thereon,  received  $6.80.  What  was  the 
face  of  the  note? 

891.  Bought  stock  at  par,  and  sold  it  at  3  per  cent, 
premium,  thereby  gaining  $750;  how  many  shares, 
of  $100  each,  did  I  buy? 

892.  What  is  the  amount  of  $16,941.20,  for  1  yr.  7 
mo.  28  da.  at  4f-  per  cent,  simple  interest? 

893.  An  investment  of  $7,226.28  yields  $744.7937, 
annually:  what  is  the  rate  of  interest? 

894.  In  what  time  wilt  $273.51  amount  to  $312,864, 
at  7  per  cent,  simple  interest? 

895.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  interest 
and  the  discount  of  $576,  due  1  yr.  4  mo.  hence,  at  0 
per  cent.? 


ARITHMETIC.  71 


896.  Three  men  gain  $2,640,  of  which  B.  is  to  have 
as  often  as   C.  $4  and  A.  $2 ;  what  is  each  one's 

share  ? 

897.  Find  the  square  root  of  10795.21. 

898.  What  is  the  length  of  one  side  of  a  square 
piece  of  land  containing  40  acres? 

899.  How  is  the  true  discount  of  a  note  found? 

900.  How  is  the  bank  discount  of  a  note  found  ? 

901.  How  is  the  present  worth  of  a  note  payable  at 
a  future  time  without  interest,  found? 


Examination  XXXVII.  JVov.  y,  18 j8. 

902.  Write  in  figures :  two  hundred  thousand  two 
hundred. 

903.  A  man  owns  farms  valued  at  $56,800;  city 
lots  valued  at  $86,760;  a  house  worth  $12,500;  and 
other  property,  $6,785;  what  is  the  entire  value  of 
his  property? 

904.  Bought  325  loads  of  wheat,  each  load  con- 
taining 50  bu.  at  $2  a  bu.  What  did  the  wheat 
cost? 

905.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  679  and 
1,869. 

906.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  4,  16,  20, 
48,  60,  and  72. 

907.  What  is  the  value  of  a  fraction  ? 

908.  Find  the  value  of  12-1250. 

909.  If  the  divisor  is  less  than  a  unit,  how  will  the 
quotient  compare  with  the  dividend  ? 


72  THE  regents'  questions. 

910.  Divide  03  by  &. 

911.  Find  the  difference  between  the  continued 
products  of  3,  i  h  4f ,  and  3£,  f .  4,  f . 

912.  If  36.48  yd.  of  cloth  cost  $54.72,  what  will 
14.25  yd.  cost? 

D13.  A  goldsmith  manufactured  1  lb.  1  pwt.  16 
gr.  of  gold  into  rings,  each  weighing  4  pwt.  20  gr. 
He  sold  the  rings  for  $1.25  apiece;  how  much  did  he 
receive  for  them? 

914.  How  many  times  will  a  wheel  16  ft.  6  in.  in 
circumference  turn  round  in  running  42  miles? 

915.  What  is  the  value  of  f  of  a  hogshead,  in  in- 
tegers of  lower  denominations? 

916.  Washington  is  77°  2'  48"  west,  and  St.  Peters- 
burgh  30°  19'  east  longitude;  what  is  their  difference 
of  time? 

917.  What  is  9f  per  cent,  of  275  miles? 

918.  A  man  sends  $3,246.20  to  his  agent  in  Boston, 
asking  him  to  lay  it  out  in  shoes,  after  deducting  his 
commission  of  2  per  cent.  Plow  much  is  his  com- 
mission? 

919.  A  gentleman  has  a  house  insured  for  $8,000, 
and  the  furniture  for  $4,000,  at  2-f  per  cent. :  what 
premium  must  he  pay? 

920.  State  the  difference  between  percentage  and 
interest. 

921.  What  is  the  interest  of  $1,500.60  for  2  yr.  4 
m  \  at  6£  per  cent.  ? 

922.  Find  the  amount  of  $387.20,  from  Jan.  1  to 
Oct.  20,  1878,  at  7  per  cent. 

923.  A  man  was  offered  $3,675  in  cash  for  his 
house,  or  $4,235  in   three  years  without  interest;  he 


ARITHMETIC.  73 


accepted  the  latter  offer:  did  he  gain  or  lose,  and  how 
much,  money  being  worth  7  per  cent.  ? 

924.  What  are  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $368,  a'. 
90  days,  discounted  at  bank  at  6  per  cent.  ? 

925.  If  16  horses  consume  128  bushels  of  oats  in 
50  days,  how  many  bushels  will  5  horses  consume  in 
90  days? 

(Solve  by  Compound  Proportion.) 

926.  Will  the  cube  of  £f  be  greater,  or  less,  than 
that  fraction,  and  why? 

927.  What  is  the  square  root  of  .00008836? 

928.  The  pedestal  of  a  certain  monument  is  a  cube, 
containing  373,248  solid  inches;  what  is  the  length  of 
one  of  its  sides? 

929.  A.  loaned  $1,600,  at  6  per  cent.,  until  it 
amounted  to  $2,000;  what  was  the  time? 


Examination  XXXVIII.  Feb.  2j,i8jg. 

930-31.  Write  and  define  any  four  (or  more)  of 
the  following  terms:  Notation;  Roman  Notation; 
Arabic  Notation;  Decimal  Scale  or  System;  Duo- 
decimals; Numerator;  Quotient.  (1  credit  for  2, 
and  2  for  4  or  more  correct  answers. ) 

932.  Write  1879  according  to  the  Roman  Notation. 

933.  Add  the  numbers:  1,  12,  123,  1234,  12345, 
123456,  1234567,  12345678,  123450789. 

934.  Bought  wheat  at  94  cts.  per  bushel,  to  the 
amount  of  $59.22,  and  sold  for  $70.56;  what  was  the 
selling  price  per  bushel? 


Y4  THE   REGENTS5   QUESTIONS. 


935.  When  are  two  u ambers  prime  to  each,  other? 
IJive  two  such  numbers,  each  greater  than  fifty. 

936-937.  Express  the  following  numbers  and  pro- 
cesses, by  the  proper  arithmetical  signs,  and  find  the 
result:  The  fraction  whose  numerator  is  19  and  de- 
nominator 760,  being  increased  by  ¥3F,  and  this  sum 
multiplied  by  the  square  of  2,  becomes  a  fraction, 
tfhose  square  is  ^.  (One  credit  for  the  expression, 
ind  one  for  the  solution.) 

938-40.  Reduce  ($37f—  $1S*)  X  (fof  8)-s-2£.  (One 
credit  for  each  of  the  operations  indicated  by  the 
3igns-,  X  ,  ■*■ .) 

941.  If  5  be  added  to  both  terms  of  the  fraction  f , 
will  its  value  be  increased  or  decreased,  and  how 
much? 

942.  Express  the  value  of  501-1000000,  without 
writing  the  denominator. 

943.  On  a  railroad  57  mi.  133  rd.  Hi  ft.  long, 
there  are  9  stations,  including  those  at  the  two  ends 
of  the  road.  What  is  the  average  distance  between 
the  stations? 

944.  If  6  men  can  build  73  f  fc.  of  wall  4  ft.  high  in 
5  days,  how  many  feet  can  they  build  in  33  days? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 

945.  A  merchant  sold  86.55  tons  of  coal  at  $5.24 
per  ton;  how  much  did  he  receive  ($,  cts.,  mills)? 

946.  In  selling  86.55  tons  of  coal  at  $5.64  per  ton, 
a  merchant  made  $100.63;  hov  much  did  the  coal 
cost  him,  per  ton? 

947.  A  merchant  sold  86.55  tons  of  coal  at  $5.24  9 
ton,  gaining  $100.63,  what  was  his  percentage  of 
profit? 


ARITHMETIC.  75 


948.  Find  the  difference  of  longitude  between  Con- 
stantinople, 28°  59'  E.,  and  Boston,  71 c  3'  30"  W. 

949.  When  it  is  12  m.  at  Constantinople,  28°  59'  E., 
what  time  a.  m.  or  p.  m.  is  it  at  Boston,  71°  3'  80"  W? 

950.  On  what  month  and  day  will  the  following 

be  due: 

Albany,  Feb.  13,  1879. 

Sixty  days  after  date,  for  value  received,  I  promise 

to  pay  John  Adams,   or  order,  three  hundred  and 

seven  y%  dollars,  at  the  Albany  City  National  Bank. 

$307^.  Thomas  Jefferson. 

951.  What  would  be  the  rate  per  cent,  of  interest 
or  discount  on  a  note  given  and  payable  in  this  State,- 
no  rate  being  expressed? 

952.  What  would  be  the  proceeds  of  a  note  at  60 
days  for  $307^%,  discounted  at  bank  on  the  same 
day  that  it  was  made? 

953.  Find  the  present  worth  of  $890.  due  in  1  yr. 
6  mo.,  without  interest,  allowing  8  per  cent,  dis- 
count? 

954.  How  would  7x7X7x7x7x7x7x7X7  be 
written,  according  to  the  notation  used  in  Involution? 

955.  Perform  the  operations  indicated  as  follows : 


y558009-*-y^=? 

956.  A  certain  room  is  27  ft.  long,  18  ft.  wide,  and 
10  ft.  high.  How  many  pieces  of  paper  \  yd.  wide 
(9  yds.  in  a  piece)  will  the  side  walls  require,  no  al- 
lowance being  made  for  doors,  windows,  etc.  ? 

957.  How  many  yards  of  carpeting,  $  yd.  wide, 
would  be  needed  for  a  room  18  X  27  ft? 


76  THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

Examination  XXXIX.  June.  5 }  18 jg. 

958.  In  multiplication,  which  factor  must  be  an 
abstract  number,  or  used  as  such  ? 

959.  How  many  times  is  4g0  contained  in  6,000? 

960.  The  subtrahend  being  14f$,  the  minuend 
15^,  find  the  remainder. 

961.  How  many  square  feet  in  a  piece  of  land,  13 
rods  square? 

962.  If  I  buy  stocks  at  10  per  cent,  below  par  and 
sell  at  10  per  cent,  premium,  what  per  cent,  do  I 
gain  on  my  first  investment? 

963.  Find  the  interest  on  $5,500  for  1  yr.  6  mo.  9 
da.  at  6  per  cent. 

964.  "When  it  is  noon  on  the  prime  meridian,  where 
will  it  be  9£  o'clock  a.  m.  ? 

965.  What  will  7,580  bricks  cost,  at  $3.50  per  M.? 

966.  What  is  the  difference  between  common  and 
decimal  fractions? 

967.  Divide  fifteen  thousandths  by  five  ten-mil- 
lionths. 

968.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  153  and 
187. 

969.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  (or  dividend) 
of  the  same  numbers. 

970.  A  celler  is  to  be  dug  30  ft,  long  and  20  ft.  wide : 
at  what  average  depth  will  50  cubic  yards  of  earth 
have  been  removed  ? 

971.  A.  B.  and  C.  trade  together.  A.  puts  in  $1,000 
for  10  months,  B.  $800  for  12  months,  O.  $900  for  14 
months.  They  gain  $1,200.  What  is  the  share  of 
each? 


ARITHMETIC.  Ti 


972.  What  is  the  square  root  of  a  number? 

973.  Find  the  sum  of  the  composite  numbers  be- 
low 47. 

974.  Name  the  4th  decimal  order. 

975.  Change  .03125  to  a  common  fraction,  in  its 
lowest  terms. 

976.  If  3£  cords  of  wood  cost  $11.37i,  what  will 
12-J  cords  cost?    (Solve  by  Proportion.) 

977.  John  Brown  bought  of  James  Ray,  on  May 
20,  1879,  2*  yards  broadcloth,  at  $3.50  a  yard"  2  pairs 
gloves  at  $1.87£  a  pair,  19  yards  silk,  at  $1.75  a  yard, 
and  33  yards  sheeting,  at  9  cents  a  yard.  Make  a 
bill  in  proper  form  and  receipt  it,  as  clerk. 

978.  How  many  rods  of  fence  will  be  required  to 
inclose  a  square  field  containing  90  acres? 

979.  What  will  be  the  cost  of  4  lb.  5  oz.  6  pwt,  of 
gold  dust,  at  75  cts.  per  pwt.  ? 

980.  Give  the  rule  for  extraction  of  square  root. 

981.  Give  the  table  of  linear  (or  long)  measure. 

982.  A  coal  dealer  bought  300  Ions;  tons  of  coal  at 
$3.75  a  ton,  and  sold  it  at  $4.60  per  short  ton.  What 
was  the  total  profit? 

983.  What  is  the  rate  per  cent,  of  profit  in  selling 
300  long  tons  of  coal,  bought  at  $3.75  a  ton,  at  $4.60 
a  short  ton? 

984.  What  would  be  the  proceeds  of  the  following 

note  discounted  at  bank    on  the  day  that  it  was 

made : 

Buffalo,  May  20,  1879. 
Thirty  days  after  date,  for  value  received,  I  prom- 
ise to  pay  to  the  order  of  John  Young,  one  hundred 
and  five  T5^y  dollars,  at  the  Marine  Bank. 

$105T5^.  Ichabod  Crane. 


78  THE  REGENTS'  questions. 

985.  On  what  month  and  day  must  a  note  for  30 
days,  dated  May  20,  1879,  be  paid,  or  in  default  of 
payment,   be   protested? 


Examination  XL.    J\Tov.  6,  i8jg. 

9S6.  What  number  divided  by  453  gives  307  as  a 
quotient,  and  109  as  a  remainder? 

987.  How  does  a  divisor  of  a  number  differ  from 
a  multiple  of  that  number? 

988.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  56,  140, 
182,  and  98. 

989.  What  are  the  prime  factors  of  11970  ? 

990.  Explain  the  principle  (not  process)  of  cancel- 
lation, and  illustrate  by  an  example. 

991.  What  change  do  we  make  in  the  value  of  a 
fraction  if  we  take  the  same  number  of  parts  but  di- 
minish their  size? 

992.  3050-5940=17-33.     Why? 

993.  Prove  that  .625  =f. 

994.  A  vat  13  ft.  square  contains  1224  cu.  ft.  How 
deep  is  it? 

995.  Change  .0000625  mi.  to  decimal  of  a  foot. 

996.  (24  X  f  or  7)  X  (f  of  3  X  A)  =  wliat? 

997.  The  volume  of  a  cube  contains  91125  cu.  ft. 
What  is  the  length  of  each  edge  of  the  cube? 

998.  How  many  sq.  ft.  in  the  entire  surface  of  a 
cube,  each  edge  of  which  is  75  ft.  ? 

999.  I  have  an  acre  of  land  in  shape  of  a  rectangle, 
one  side  of  which  is  9  rods  in  length.  What  is  the 
length  of  the  other  side? 


ARITHMETIC.  79 


1AAn    4|X51-7X8        ,    +0 

1001.  The  time  at  a  certain  place  is  16  h.  10  m. 
earlier  than  at  Greenwich.  Give  the  longitude  of 
the  place. 

1002.  I  have  a  rectangular  field  which  measures 
25  rods  by  10  rods.  At  $0.40  per  yard,  what  will  be 
the  cost  of  boundary  fences  for  the  entire  field? 

1003.  "What  will  be  the  total  cost,  at  the  same  rate 
as  in  Q.  1002,  of  cross  fences  to  divide  the  same  field 
into  lots  5  rods  square?  Make  a  small  diagram  of 
the  field  and  its  subdivisions. 

1004.  In  a  school  of  300  pupils,  the  boys  are  to  the 
girls  in  the  ratio  of  13  to  17;  required  the  number 
of  each. 

1005.  If  I  sell  goods  at  one-half  their  cost,  what 
per  cent  do  I  lose,  and  if  at  double  their  cost,  what 
per  cent  do  I  gain? 

1006.  If  18  men  can  dig  a  trench  30  yd.  long  in  5 
da.  of  8  h.  each,  in  how  manv  days  of  10  h.  each 
can  10  men  do  the  same  work? 

1007.  Show  that  ^  lb.  Troy  =  ft  P^« 

1008.  From  f  of  a  day  take  £  of  an  hour,  leaving 
result  in  hours,  minutes  and  seconds. 

10  9.  What  will  be  the  amount  in  three  years  of 
$625,  compounded  at  7%,  annually? 

1010.  In  what  time  will  $240  amount  to  $720,  at 
12$  simple  interest? 

1011.  Find  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $1255.38, 
payable  in  4  mo.  12  da.,  discounted  at  bank,  interest 
being  at  6$. 


80  THE  regents'  questions. 

1012.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  a  note  for 
$1315.39,  due  in  2  years  and  6  months,  at  7#? 

1018.  Sold  a  horse  for  $91,  which  was  £■  of  what 
he  cost  rne.     How  much  did  I  lose? 


Examination  X.LI }  Feb.  26 }  1880. 

1014.  The  quotient  of  one  number  divided  by  an- 
other is  37,  the  divisor  245,  and  the  remainder  230; 
what  is  the  dividend? 

1015.  Two  men  start  from  different  places,  distant 
189  miles,  and  travel  toward  each  other;  one  goes  4 
inilas,  and  the  other  5  miles  an  hour;  in  how  many 
hours  will  they  meet? 

1016.  A  merchant  sold  18  barrels  of  pork,  each 
weighing  200  pounds,  at  12  cts.  5  mills  a  pound; 
what  did  he  receive  ? 

1017.  Suppose  a  certain  township  is  6  miles  long 
and  4£  miles  wide,  how  many  lots  of  land  of  90  acres 
each  does  it  contain? 

1018.  What  are  the  prime  factors  of  1800? 

1019.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  1426, 
322,  and  598. 

1020.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  of  9,  17, 
6,  and  27? 

1021.  Add  21f,  32f,  and  47^. 

1022.  •<  Reduce  to  its  simplest  form. 

(  9xi 

1023.  How  many  times  is  .12  of  12  contained  in 
.24  of  72? 

1024.  How  many  pounds  of  coffee,  at  33£  cents 
per  pound,  can  be  bought  for  $14.50? 


ARITHMETIC.  81 


1025.  What  is  the  cost  of  2684  bricks, at  $8. 50  per  M? 

1026.  Required  the  number  of  pounds  in  a  hogs- 
head of  sugar,  weighing  18  cwt.  3  qr.  14  lb. 

1027.  Reduce  j%  of  a  ton  to  integers  of  lower  de- 
nominations. 

1028.  Sold  a  quantity  of  merchandise  that  cost 
$1670,  at  a  loss  of  3#:  for  what  amount  did  I  sell  it? 

1029.  A  house  was  sold,  at  an  advance  of  5$  on 
the  cost,  for  $13,000:  what  was  the  cost? 

1030.  What  is  the  interest  of  $475,  for  3  years,  at 
5%  simple  interest?  • 

1031.  Required  the  amount  of  $1350,  from  Janu- 
ary 12,  1880,  to  September  19,  1881,  at  9%  simple  in- 
terest. 

1032.  What  sum  of  money  at  5%  simple  interest, 
will  yield  $275.40  in  3  years  and  4  months? 

1033.  In  what  time  will  $3750  amount  to  $4541.25 
at  Q%  per  annum? 

1034.  What  is  the  present  worth   of  a  debt  of 

$1650,  due  8  months  hence,  without  interest,  money 
being  worth  6%  ? 

1035.  What  is  the  difference  between  true  and 
bank  discount  on  $1000,  for  63  days,  at  6#? 

1036.  Sold  flour  at  $10.45  per  barrel,  and  thereby 
lost  5%  of  the  cost :  what  was  the  cost  per  barrel? 

1037.  Suppose  a  railroad  train  to  run  at  the  rate  of 
20  miles  in  50  minutes,  in  what  time  will  it  run  275 
miles? 

1038.  What  will  be  the  wages  of  9  men  for  11  days, 
if  the  wages  of  6  men  for  14  daj^s  be  $84? 

1039.  Find  the  square  root  of  149.4,  correct  to 
three  decimal  places. 

1040   What  is  cube  root? 

1041.  Required  the  cube  root  of  1860867. 


82  THE   REGENTS'   QUEitfJONS. 


Examination  XL  1 1  (a);  June  3 ,  1880: 

1042.  What  are  the  fundamental  rules  of  Arith- 
metic ? 

1043.  Why  are  they  so  called? 

1044.  If  a  scholar's  expenses  are  90  dollars  for 
board,  30  dollars  for  clothes,  12  dollars  for  tuition, 
5  dollars  for  books  and  7  dollars  for  incidentals,  what 
would  be  the  expenses  of  27  boys  at  the  same  rate? 

1045.  If  256  be  multiplied  by  25,  the  product  di- 
minished by  625,  and  the  remainder  divided  by  35, 
what  will  be  the  quotient? 

1046.  What  are  the  terms  of  a  fraction? 

1047.  Subtract  120¥9T  from  450|. 

1048.  14f,  less  f  of  8f ,  is  f-  of  &  of  what  number? 

1049.  Reduce  .9375  to  a  common  fraction. 

1050.  How  many  times  will  .5  of  1.75  be  contained 
in  .25  of  17£  ? 

1051.  How  much  must  be  paid  for  lathing  and 
plastering  overhead  a  room  36  feet  long  and  20  feet 
wide,  at  26  cents  a  square  yard  ? 

1052.  Reduce  150  sheets  of  paper  to  the  decimal  of 
a  ream. 

1053.  A  farmer  having  760  sheep,  kept  25  per  cent 
of  them,  and  sold  the  remainder.  How  many  did 
he  sell  ? 

1054.  What  is  Commission  ? 

1055.  What  is  Brokerage  ? 

1056.  An  auctioneer  sold  a  house  for  $3284,  and 


ARITHMETIC.  88 


the  furniture  for  $2176.50;  what  did  hi3  fees  amount 
to,  at  2£  per  cent.  ? 

1057.  A  man  purchased  $6275  stock  in  Pennsylva- 
nia Coal  Company,  and  sold  the  same  at  a  discount 
Of  12  per  cent.  :  what  was  his  loss  ? 

1058.  If  12i  hundred  weight  of  sugar  cost  $140, 
how  must  it  he  sold  to  gain  25$  ? 

1059.  What  will  it  cost  to  insure  a  factory  valued 
at  $21,000,  at  |  per  cent.  ;  and  the  machinery  valued 
at  $15,400,  at  ■§•  per  cent,  ? 

1060.  What  is  the  interest  on  $76.50  for  2  years,  % 
months,  at  5  per  cent.  ? 

1061.  Required  the  amount  of  $387.20,  from  Jan. 
1  to  Oct.  20,  1879,  at  Q%  ? 

1062.  What  will  $450  amount  to  in  1  year,  at  6# 
compound  interest,  payable  quarterly  ? 

1063.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  $180,  payable 
in  3  years,  4  months,  discounting  at  6  per  cent.  ? 

1064.  Wishing  to  borrow  $500  at  bank,  for  what 
Bum  must  my  note  be  drawn,  at  30  days,  to  obtain 
the  required  amount,  discount  being  at  6$  ? 

1065.  At  what  per  cent,  must  $1,000  be  loaned  tot 
8  years,  3  months,  20  days,  to  gain  $  183.18? 

1066.  How  long  must  $204  be  on  interest  at  Q%  to 
amount  to  $217.09  ? 

1067.  If  a  staft  3  ft.  8  m.  long  cast  a  shadow  1  ft; 
8  in.,  what  is  the  height  of  a  steeple  that  casts  a  shad- 
ow 75  ft.  at  the  same  time  ?  (Solve  by  proportion.) 

7056 

1068.  Extract  the  square  root  of-1^ 

9216 

1069.  The  pedestal  of  a  certain  monument  is  a  cube 


84  THE  REGENTS'  questions. 

of  granite,  containing  373243  solid  inches  :  what  i3 
tiie  length  of  one  of  its  sides  ? 


Examination  XLIII(b),  June  17  1880. 

1070.  Express  in  words:  5000000750001. 

1071.  If  the  product  of  two  numbers  is  346712,  and 
one  of  the  factors  is  76,  what  is  the  other  factor  ? 

1072.  What  is  Cancellation  ? 

1073.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  4,  14,28, 
and  98. 

1074.  The  product  of  3  numbers  is  f  :  two  of  the 
numbers  are  2£  and  $■  :  what  is  the  third  ? 

1075.  What  is  the  sum  of  six-millionths,  four  ten- 
thousandths,  19  hundred-thousandths,  sixteen-bun- 
dredths,  and  four-tenths  ? 

1076.  Reduce  t  of  16-12a  to  a  decimal  fraction. 

4| 

1077.  Make  a  receipted  bill  of  the  following  arti- 
cles as  if  sold  to  John  Smith  by  yourself: 

16  lbs.  of  tea,  at  $.85  per  lb.  .  •  • 
28  "  "  coffee,  at  $.25^  per  lb.  .  .  • 
15  Yards  of  linen,  at  $.66  per  yard.     • 

i  ir    -■---■ 

1078.  How  many  acres  are  there  in  250  city  lots, 
each  of  which  is  25  feet  by  100  ? 

1079.  Add  96  bu.  3  pk.  2  qt.  1  pt.,  46  bu.  3  pk. 
1  qt.  1  pt,  2  pk.  1  qt.  1  pt.,  and  23  bu.  3  pk.  4  qt. 
1  pt. 

1080.  By  the  chronometer,  it  is  4  hr.  56  inin.  4^ 


ARITHMETIC.  85 


sec  .,  p.m.,  at  Greenwich,  when  it  is  12  m.  at  New 
York;  what  is  the  longitude  of  New  York  ? 

1081.  i  of  f  is  what  part  of  T9T  ? 

1082.  How  many  pounds  of  thread  will  it  require 
to  make  60  yd.  of  3  qr.  wide,  if  7  lb.  make  14  yd.  6 
qr.  wide  ?    (Solve  by  double  rule  of  three). 

1083.  What  is  the  difference  between  5£  per  cent, 
of  $800,  and  6£  per  cent,  of  $1050  ? 

1084  If  I  sell  a  piano,  which  cost  $275,  for  $315, 
what  is  the  rate  per  cent,  of  gain  ? 

1085.  What  amount  of  government  stock  can  I  buy 
for  $15525,  when  it  sells  at  3^  per  cent,  premium  ? 

1086.  What  is  the  simple  interest  of $3750. 87,  for 
2  years  and  9  months,  at  8  per  cent.  ? 

1087.  The  interest  of  $3375,  for  3  years,  is  $771.75: 
What  is  the  rate  ? 

1088.  What  is  the  amount,  at  compound  interest, 
Of  $250,  for  two  years,  at  8  per  cent.  ? 

1039.  What  is  the  bank  diseoimt  of  a  note  of 
$1000,  payable  in  60  days,  at  6  per  cent,  interest  ? 

1090.  A  man  who  has  only  $50,  owes  $75  to  A, 
$150  to  B,  and  $100  to  O:  what  should  he  pay  to 
each  ? 

1091.  Find  the  4th  power  of  16. 

1092.  What  is  the  square  root  of  26883881  ? 

1093.  How  many  small  cubes,  of  2  inches  on  a 
Side,  can  be  sawed  out  of  a  cube  2  feet  on  a  side,  if 
nothing  is  lost  in  sawing  ? 

1094.  How  many  bricks,  8  inches  long  and  4  inches 
wide,  will  pave  a  yard  that  is  100  feet  by  50  feet  ? 

1095.  There  was  a  company  of  soldiers,  of  whom 
£  were  on  guard,  ^preparing  dinner,  and  the  remain- 


86        THE  REGENTS'  questions. 

der,  55  men,  were  drilling :  how  many  were  there  in 
all? 

1096.  A  wall  of  700  yards  in  length,  was  to  be 
built,  in  29  days;  12  men  were  employed  on  it  for  11 
days,  and  only  completed  220  yards:  how  many 
men  must  be  added,  to  complete  tne  wall  in  the  re- 
quired time? 

1097.  If  a  house  is  50  feet  wide;  and  the  post 
which  supports  the  ridge-pole  is  12  feet  high,  what 
will  be  the  length  of  the  rafters? 


Examination  XLIV.    J^ov.  n,  i88q. 

1098.  Copy  and  add: 

£-i-naoT}<coooi>©i>«©aoaocOT-ii©«oa>i~«©io 

io  co  «o  cs  1-5  co  t-I  os  r-i  *>  oh  co  id  •*$  ^  i>  co  "<#  co 

<M        OS  ©  <M 

1099.  From— 

100200300400500600  take  908070605040302. 

1100.  Divide  4500700424  by  407. 

1101.  What  is  the  value  of  17  chests  of  tea,  each 
containing  59  lbs.,  at  $0.67  per  lb.? 

1102.  For  what  is  Troy  weight  used? 

1103.  Give  the  table  of  Troy  weight. 

1104.  In  56  m.  7  fur.  37  rd.  12  ft.  9  in.  how  many 
inches? 

1105.  How  many  cords  in  a  pile  of  wood  15  ft. 
long,  4  ft.  wide  and  6£  ft.  high? 

1106.  John  Quincy  Adams  was  born  July  11, 
1767,  and  died  February  23,  1848.  To  what  agedid 
he  live? 


ARITHMETIC.  87 


1107.  At  £280  5s.  9£d.  for  97  tons  of  lead,  what  is 
the  cost  per  ton? 

1108.  Find,  by  cancellation,  the  quotient  of — 
8X5X3X16X28  divided  by  10x4x12x4x7. 

1109.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  or  dividend 
of  9,  8,  12,  18,  24,  36  and  72. 

1110.  Reduce  f,  |,  f,  £  to  the  least  common  de- 
nominator. 

1111.  How  many  cubic  feet  in  10  boxes,  each  7£ 
ft.  long,  If  ft.  wide  and  1£  ft.  high? 

1112.  If  ^  of  a  saw-mill  are  worth  $631.89,  what 
are  f\  of  it  worth? 

1113.  Multiply  eighty-seven  thousandths  by  fifteen 
millionths. 

1114.  What  is  the  value  of  .965625  of  a  mile,    in 
integers  of  lower  denominations  ? 

1115.  What  is  £  per  cent,  of  $1,728  ? 

1116.  I  have  John  Smith's  note  for  $144,  dated 
July  25,  1879,  payable  on  demand;  how  much  will 
be  due  me,  at  6  per  cent,  simple  interest,  March  9, 
1882? 

1117.  What  is  the  amount  of  $100  for  3  months, 
the  interest  to  be  added  each  month,  at  6  %  ? 

1118.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  $477.71,  due  4 
years  hence,  discounted  at  6  per  cent  ? 

1119.  For  what  sum  must  a  note  at  bank  be  made, 
payable  in  3  months,  at  6  per  cent,  discount,  to  ob- 
tain $300  at  the  present  time  ? 

1120.  If  I  sell  wood  at  $7.20  per  cord,  and  gain  20 
per  cent.,  what  did  it  cost  me  per  cord? 

1121.  If  5  men  can  harvest  a  field  in  12  hours, 


88  THE  regents'  questions. 

how  many  hours  would  it  require  if  4  more  men 
were  employed  ?  Solved  by  Rule  of  Three  (Pro- 
portion.) 

1122.  If  15  oxen  and  20  horses  eat  6  tons  Qi  hay  in 
8  weeks,  how  much  will  12  oxen  and  28  horses  re- 
quire in  21  weeks  ?  Solved  by  Double  Rule  of  Three 
(Compound  Proportion.) 

1123.  Find  the  square  root  of  9754.4376. 

1124.  What  must  be  the  depth  of  a  cubical  cistern 
that  will  hold  3048.625  cubic  feet  of  water  ? 

1125.  How  many  tiles  8  in.  square  will  cover  a 
floor  18  ft.  long  and  12  ft.  wide  ? 


Examination  XLIV,  March  S,  1881. 

1126.  Copy  and  add:  20570;  6206;  98.007;  63000; 
426.000626;  4287;  63.961;  102030;  405.0607;  8090; 
543.21;  1028848.414995. 

1127.  Express  by  Arabic  Notation:   MDXCVDCCCLXIV. 

1128.  Express  by  Roman  Notation:  84796. 

1129.  Numeration:  20567189.004321098. 

1130.  Divide  31984875832  by  96813. 

1131.  Find  the  value  of 


(28-7)x6-|-(92-{-7)-T-9-(86+10)-i-12. 

1132.  Divide,  using  cancellation : 

15X80X27X28  by  7x20x8. 

1133.  Change  ^,  £f,  -f^,  and  -}  to  similar  frac- 
tions having  their  least  common  denominator,  and 
(1134)  reduce  their  sum  to  decimal  form. 

1135.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  7955, 
8769,  6401. 


ARITHMETIC.  89 


1136.  How  much  must  be  paid  for  making  52  rd. 
14  ft.  8In.  of  fence,  at  $  .75  per  foot? 

1137.  A  traveller,  on  reaching  a  certain  place, 
found  that  his  watch,  which  kept  correct  time  for 
the  place  he  left,  was  2  hr.  22  m,  slower  than  the 
local  time.  Had  he  travelled  eastward  or  westward, 
and  how  far,  in  circular  measure,  had  he  come? 

1138.  What  per  cent,  (expressed  in  words),  of 
30000  bushels  are  50  bushels? 

1139.  What  number  diminished  by  36#  of  itself 
=336? 

1140.  What  is  the  value  of  a  lot  70  rd.  long  and 
20  rd.  wide,  at  $47.25  per  acre? 

1141.  A  cistern  has  3  pipes:  The  first  will  fill  it  in 
12  hours,  the  second  in  16  and  the  third  in  18  hours. 
If  all  run  together,  in  what  time  will  they  fill  it? 
(State  this  example  as  a  proportion,  if  you  can). 

1142.  3.  What  is  the  difference  between  simple  in- 
terest on  $328  for  2  yr.  7  mo.  at  7  %  and  compound 
interest  on  same  amount  for  same  time,  at  6  %? 

1144.  Find  the  balance  due  (March  4)  on  a  note 
dated  January  1,  1879,  for  $580  at  5  %,  on  which  a 
payment  of  $85  has  been  made  every  6  months, — 
using  the  U.  S.  rule. 

1145.  How  much  should  be  discounted  on  a  bill 
of  $3725.87,  due  in  8  mo.  10  da.,  if  paid  immediate- 
ly, money  being  worth  5  #? 

1146.  Bought  bonds  at  115  and  sold  at  110,  losing 
|300.    How  many  bonds  of  $1000  each  did  I  buy? 

1147.  If  A  puts  in  $4000  canital  for  8  months,  B 


THE  REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


$6000  for  7  1110.  and  C  $3500  for  1  year,  and  they 
gain  $2320,  what  is  each  partner's  share  of  the  gain? 

1148.  If  5  horses  eat  as  much  as  6  oxen,  and  8 
horses  and  12  cattle  eat  12  tons  of  hay  in  40  days, 
how  much  hay  will  7  horses  and  15  oxen  eat  in  65 
days? 

1149.  Find  the  value  of  J,  .000238328. 

1150.  A  steamer  goes  due  north  at  the  rate  of  15 
miles  an  hour,  and  another  due  west  18  miles  an 
hour;  how  far  apart  will  they  be  in  6  hours? 

1151.  Find  the  cost,  at  30  cts.  per  sq.  yd.,  of  plas- 
tering the  bottom  and  sides  of  a  cubical  cistern  that 
will  hold  300  barrels. 

1152.  What  is  the  area  of  a  circle  5  ft.  in  diame- 
ter? 

1153.  What  is  the  difference  between  5  sq.  ft.  and 
5  ft.  square?    Illustrate  by  a  diagram. 


Special  Examination,  March  25,  1881. 

(Supplementary  to  No.  XLIV,  protest  having 
been  made  against  the  length  of  operations  required, 
and  especially  to  Question  1151.  Schools  so  desir- 
ing were  permitted  to  use  this  examination  instead.) 

1154.  Write  1881  in  characters  of  the  Roman 
notation. 

1155.  Write  73069294780069  in  words. 

1156.  Copy  and  add: 

CO«DOeOlC'-iN?DOSt'CO'*10CO«CO'HJ>«CO 
OJL0  03NOOOW        £>0<N©WQOOJMX«0« 

r-t  ^  GO      "tf  o      •<*<       oooaoooo^a^oiTj* 

i>  C\8  GO         OS         i>         OS         £> 

1157.  Define  multiplication,  multiplicand,  multi- 
plier and  product. 


ARITHMETIC.  91 


1158.  330445150-*-3145=what  number? 

1159.  How  could  you  obtain  the  dividend,  the  di- 
visor, quotient  and  remainder  being  given? 

1160.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  15,  18, 
24,  35. 

1161    Add  8ft,  |,  3|  and  4|. 

1162.  Bought  18  lb.  of  butter  at  2S£  ct.  per  lb., 
giving  in  return  22^  lb.  of  lard  at  12  ct.  per  lb.,  and 
the  rest  in  cash;  how  much  was  the  cash? 

1163.  Write  with  figures:  Ninety-three  and  six 
hundred  and  nine  ten-millicnths. 

1164.  On  a  railroad  149  mi.  234  rd.  4  yd.  2  ft. 
long,  there  are  18  stations,  including  one  at  each  end 
of  the  road.  What  is  the  average  distance  between 
the  stations  ? 

1165.  How  many  boards  12  ft.  long  and  4  in.  wide 
are  require  to  floor  a  room  which  is  38  ft.  by  27  ft.? 

1166.  Find  the  difference  in  circular  measure  be- 
tween Calcutta,  E.  Lon.  88°  19'  2".,  and  Phila- 
delphia, W.  Lon.  75°  8'  54". 

1167.  Find  the  difference  in  time  to  correspond 
with  your  answer  to  Q.  1168. 

1168.  Reduce  23444  sq.  in.  to  a  compound  number. 

1169.  What  is  the  cost  of  73590  lb.  of  coal,  at 
$6.55  per  ton  (2000  lb.)  ? 

1170.  3  lb.  13  oz.  are  what  per  cent  of  9  lb.  ? 

1171.  Define  per  cent  and  percentage,  as  these  terms 
are  used  in  Arithmetic. 

1172.  Find  the  simple  interest  on  $740  for  1  yr. 
5  mo.  21  da.,  at  4+  per  cent. 

1173.  What  principal  will  amount  to  $310.60  in 
3  yr.  5  mo.  9  da.,  at  5  per  cent  simple  interest  ? 


92  THE  regents'  questions. 

1174.  What  must  be  the  face  of  a  note  for  90 
days,  at  6  per  cent,  on  which  I  can  obtain  at  bank 
$472.86  ? 

1175.  Two  numbers  are  to  each  other  as  7  to  11, 
and  the  greater  is  329 :  what  is  the  less  ? 

1176.  Paid  $2225  for  180  sheep  and  sold  them  for 
$2675:  what  should  I  gain  on  1200  sheep  at  the 
same  rate  ?    (Solve  by  Proportion.) 

1177.  If  it  cost  $176  to  hire  12  horses  for  5  days, 
what  will  it  cost  to  hire  10  horses  for  18  days  ? 
(Solve  by  Compound  Proportion.) 

1178.  How  many  miles  of  fence  would  be  re- 
quired to  enclose  640  acres  laid  out  as  an  exact 
square  2 

1179.  What  is  the  cube  root  of  104329  ? 

1180.  A  person  after  spending  £  and  £  of  his 
money  and  $20  more,  had  $80  left.  What  had  he 
at  first  ? 

1131.  The  width  of  a  building  being  38  ft.,  and 
the  ridge  of  the  roof  5  ft.  higher  than  the  eaves, 
how  many  feet  of  boards  would  be  required  to 
cover  one  of  the  gable  ends  ? 


Examination  XLV ',  June  26,  1882. 

1182.  Write  in  figures  and  numerate:  Nine  units 
of  the  8th  order,  six  of  the  7th,  three  of  the  5th, 
seven  of  the  4th,  nine  of  the  1st. 

1183.  Copy  and  numerate:    9004082501. 

1184.  ( (256  X  25)  -  625)  -*-  35  =  ? 

1185.  Find  the  prime  factors  of  2310. 


ARITHMETIC.  93 


1186.  What  is  the  greatest  common  divisor  of 
1313  and  4108? 

1187.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  of 
84,  100,  224  and  600? 

1188.  If  235£  acres  of  land  cost  $4725f,  what  -will 
628  acres  cost,  at  the  same  rate  ? 

1189.  From  four  hundred  twenty-seven  thous- 
andths take  four  hundred  twenty-seven  millionths. 

1190.  Divide  ,125  by  8000. 

1191.  Add  six  hundred  and  twenty-five  thous- 
indths;  four  tenths;  seven,  and  sixty-two  ten- 
thousandths;  three,  and  fifty-eight  millionths; 
ninety-two,  and  seven  hundredths. 

1192.  What  is  the  cost  of  18640  ft.  of  timber,  at 
$4.50  per  100  ft.? 

1193.  How  many  cubic  inches  does  the  standard 
(wine)  gallon  contain?    1194.  The  standard  bushel? 

1195.  Keduce  41780  grains  to  pounds. 

1196.  In  10  mi.  7  ch.  4*rd.  20  1.,  how  many  links? 

1197.  Eeduce  3  qt.  1  pt.  1  gi.  to  the  decimal  of  a 
gallon. 

1198.  How  many  shingles  will  it  take  to  cover  the 
roof  of  a  building  46  feet  long,  each  of  the  two 
sides  of  the  roof  being  20  ft.  wide,  allowing  each 
shingle  to  be  4  in.  wide,  and  5  in.  of  the  length  to 
be  exposed  to  the  weather? 

1199.  What  will  it  cost  to  build  a  wall  240  ft. 
long,  6  ft.  high,  and  3  ft.  thick,  at  $3.25  per  1000 
bricks,  the  size  of  each  brick  being  8  in.  x  4  in,  X 
2  in.  ? 

1200.  If  a  note  for  $605.70  given  June  20,  1878,  on 
simple  interest  at  8  per  cent.,  be  taken   up  June 


94  THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

20,  1881,  what  amount  will  then  be  due,  if  no  inter- 
est bas  been  paid  ? 

1201.  A  man  invests  $2000  in  bark  stock,  and  re- 
ceives a  semi-annual  dividend  of  $75:  what  is  the 
rate  per  cent  of  income,  per  annum  ? 

1202.  Give  the  U.  S.  rule  for  partial  payments. 

1203.  What  is  the  present  worth  of  a  note  for 
$1315.389,  due  in  2  y.  6  mo.,  at  7  per  cent.  ? 

1204.  If  6  men  d\g  a  cellar  22.5  ft.  long,  17.3  ft.- 
wide,  and  10.25  ft.  deep,  in  2.5  days,  of  12.3  ho.,  in 
how  many  days  of  8.2  ho.,  can  9  men  dig  one  45  ft, 
long,  34.6  ft.  wide,  and  12.3  ft.  deep? 

1205.  If  an  army  of  55225  be  massed  in  a  solid 
square,  how  many  men  will  there  be  on  a  side? 

1206.  A  man  bought  a  farm  198  rods  long  and  150 
rods  wide,  and  agreed  to  give  $32  an  acre  :  how 
much  did  the  farm  cost  him  ? 

1207.  What  is  the  length  of  one  edge  of  a  cistern 
of  cubical  form,  containing  1331  solid  feet  ? 

1208.  How  many  barrels  does  such  a  cistern  as  the 
one  described  in  the  preceding  question,  contain  ? 

1209.  Name  and  desciibe  the  standard  unit  of 
weight  in  the  Metric  system. 


Examination  XL  VI.    Nov.  17,  1881, 

(10:00-15:00  A.  M.) 

1210.  Name  five  fundamental  rules  or  operations 
of  arithmetic. 

1211.  What  is  a  composite  number? 

1212.  Find  the  prime  factors  of  320. 


ARITHMETIC.  95 


1213.  What  factors  of  two  or  more  numbers  must 
their  greatest  common  divisor  contain? 

1214.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  527 
and  1207. 

1215.  What  is  the  least  common  multiple  of  24, 
48,  60  and  100? 

1216.  What  does  the  numerator  of  a  fraction 
show? 

1217.  What  does  the  denominator  show? 

1218.  From  20i  take  13£. 

1219.  If  5  barrels  of  flour  cost  $48f ,  how  many 
barrels  can  be  bought  for  $263£?  (Solve  by 
analysis.) 

1220.  Divide  .00144  by  1.2. 

1221.  How  do  you  prove  an  example  in  division? 

1222.  London  is  77°  1'  east  of  Washington;  what 
time  is  it  at  Washington  when  it  is  12  m.  at  London? 

1223.  What  will  4  cwt.  3  qr.  15  lb.  of  sugar  cost 
at  $8.95  a  cwt.  (=  100  lbs.)? 

1224.  A  pile  of  wood  is  6  ft.  high,  and  4  ft.  wide: 
how  long  must  it  be  to  contain  10  cords? 

1225.  How  many  acres  in  a  rectangular  field  that 
is  50  chains  long  and  30  chains  wide? 

(Nov.  18.      10:00-12:00  A.  M.) 

1226.  What  is  150  per  cent,  of  $560.25? 

1227.  47  is  20  %  of  what  number? 

1228.  A  wagon  was  sold  for  $329,  which  was 
16£  %  more  than  it  cost;  what  did  it  cost? 

1229.  If  the  interest  of  $36  for  3  yr.  8  mo.  19  da, 
is  $8,034,  what  is  the  rate? 


96  THE  REGENTS'  questions. 


1230.  What  is  the  bank  discount  on  $120  for  120 
days,  at  7  %t    (Consider  360  da.  =  1  yr.) 

1231.  "What  is  the  true  discount  on  $120  for  120 
days,  at  7  %1    (Consider  360  da.  =  1  yr.) 

1232.  If  f  of  an  acre  of  land  is  worth  $148,  how 
much  is  \%  of  an  acre  worth?  (Solve  by  propor- 
tion.) 

1233.  If  15  men  in  9  days,  by  working  9  hours  a 
day,  build  36  rd.  of  stone-fence,  how  many  rd. 
can  25  men  build  in  15  daj^s,  by  working  8  hours  a 
day?    (Solve  by  compound  proportion.) 

1234.  A  and  B  enter  into  partnership:  A  fur- 
nished $240  for  8  mo.,  and  B  $559  for  5  mo.  They 
lost  $118:  how  much  did  each  man  lose? 

1235.  In  25  kilogrammes  how  many  pounds,  Troy 
weight?    (1  gramme  =  15.432  gr.) 

1236.  "What  is  the  square  root  of  222784? 

1237.  Give  the  method  of  proof  for  square  root, 
and  prove  answer  to  Q.  1236. 


Examination  XL  VII.  March  2, 1882, 

1238.  "What  is  arithmetic  ? 

1239.  What  is  a  concrete  or  denominate  number  t 

1240.  By  what  must  I  divide  .7847  to  get  1.9  ? 

1241.  What    kind  of   a  number  must  a  multi- 
plier be  ? 

1242.  What  mixed  number,  multiplied  by  25£,  will 
produce  54T5¥  ? 

1243.  What  is  a  decimal  fraction  ? 


ARITHMETIC.  91 


1244.  By  how  much  does  the  cube  of  fifty-three 
hundreths  exceed  one  millionth  ? 

1245.  Eeduce  5f ,  9£,  4|-  to  improper  fractions,  and 
then  to  their  least  common  denominator. 

1246.  Add  the  numbers  in  Q.  1245. 

1247.  Reduce  your  answer  to  Q.  1246.  to  a  whole 
number  and  decimal  (carrying  the  result  to  five 
decimal  places). 

1248.  If  it  requires  1  bu.  2  pk.  of  rye  to  sow  an 
acre,  how  many  quarts  would  be  required  for  a  rect- 
angular field  484  ft.  long  by  270  ft.  wide  ? 

1249.  What  is  a  druggists'  profit  if  he  buys  5  lb. 
of  opium  at  $12  per  lb.  avoirdupois,  and  sells  it  at 
$1  per  oz.  TrOy  ?    (7000  gr.  =  1  lb.  aviordupois). 

1250.  What  would  it  cost  to  dig  a  cellar  30  ft.  x 
35  ft.  x  8  ft.,  at  $.84  per  cubic  yard  ? 

1251.  The  longitude  of  New  York  being  74°  0'  3" 
W.  and  that  of  San  Francisco  being  122°  23'  W., 
what  time  is  it  at  San  Francisco  when  it  is  1.  p.  m. 
at  New  York  ? 

1252.  Reduce  12  miles  to  kilometers.  (A  meter  = 
89.37  in.). 

1253.  Into  what  pairs  of  factors  may  12  be  re- 
solved ? 

1254.  What  is  the  cost  of  2  T.  15  cwt.  (100  lbs.)  3 
qr.  15  lb.  of  hay,  at  $12.50  per  T.  ? 

1255.  Bought  a  hhd.  of  sugar  for  $55. 75,  and  sold 
it  'at  a  profit  of  12£  per  cent :  what  was  the  total 
profit  ? 

1256.  What  was  the  rate  per  cent,  of  a  tax  for 
152.88 J  on  property  assessed  at  $3,525.50  ? 


I 

98  THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 

1257.  What  is  the  discount,  at  8  per  cent,  on  a  note 
for  $750,  payable,  without  interest,  in  2  yr.  3  mo. 
20  da.  ? 

1258.  Find  the  proceeds  of  a  note  for  $1,000,  due 
in  90  days,  discounted  at  bank  at  6  per  cent. 

.  1259.  C  owes  D  $900,  of  which  $200  will  be  due  in 
3  mo.,  $300  in  6  mo.  and  the  balance  in  12  mo. 
What  would  be  the  mean  or  equated  time  of  pay- 
ment ? 

1260.  In  the  firm  of  A.  &  B.,  A  invested  $200  for 
7  mo.  and  B.  $300  for  9  mo.  They  gained  $125  : 
what  was  each  one's  share  of  the  gain. 

1261.  How  many  feet  long  is  each  side  of  a  square 
acre  ? 

1262.  If  fifteen  men  can  do  a  certain  piece  of  work 
in  90  days  of  10  hours  each,  in  how  many  days  of  12 
hours  each  can  20  men  do  the  same  work  ? 

1263.  What  is  the  premium  on  a  building  valued 
at  $3,000,  insured  for  £  of  its  value,  at  2£  per  cent? 

1264.  Find  the  lacking  term  in  the  proportion. 

10  gal.  3  qt. : :  :  5  :  9. 

1265.  Find  the  length  of  the  edge  of  a  cubical 
box  containing  262144  cu.  ft. 


Examination  XL  VIILJune  15, 1882; 

(10  tO  12  A.  M.) 

1266.  What  do  you  understand    by  the   prime 
factors  of  a  composite  number? 

1267.  Find  the  greatest  common  divisor  of  360, 
§48.  972. 


ARITHMETIC. 


1268.  Find  the  least  common  multiple  of  14,  16, 
21,  24,  112. 

1269.  Exchanged  a  carriage  worth  $140,  and  five 
sets  of  harness  worth  $29  each,  for  45  cords  of  wood 
and  $73.50:  what  was  the  wood  valued  at, per  cord? 

1270.  Express  the  present  year  of  the  Christian 
era,  bjr  Roman  notation. 

1271.  Express  in  words:  645000021903. 

1272.  Copy  and  numerate:   14627.5623. 

1273.  State  the  essential  difference  between  com- 
mon and  decimal  fractions. 

1274.  Write  the  table  of  linear  (or  long)  measure. 

1275.  A  owns  T3T  of  a  farm  worth  $15422,  and 
sells  |-  of  his  share.  Find  the  value  of  what  he  has 
left. 

1276.  f  of  it  --  lH  =  what? 

1277.  (12X5X153X35X18X2)  divided  by  (3x14 
X9x5Xl7x20x6)=what? 

(Use  cancellation.) 

1278.  Divide  87  lb.  8  oz.  19  pwt.  21  gr.  by  7,  leav- 
ing the  result  in  the  same  denominations. 

1279.  Reduce  .21675  T.  to  integers  of  lower  de- 
nominations. 

1280.  How  many  flagstones  averaging  2  ft.  long 
by  1  ft.  3  in.  wide  will  be  required  for  a  walk  250 
ft.  long  and  4  ft.  6  in.  wide? 

1281.  Find  the  side  of  a  square  field  equivalent  to 
a  rectangular  one  2859  yd.  long  and  714  yd.  wide. 

JUNE  16,   1882.     10  to  12  A.  M. 

1282.  If  a  pile  of  wood  36  ft.   long,  4  ft.  wide 


100  THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 

and  5  ft.  high  cost  $58.50,  what  will  a  pile  60  ft. 

long,  4  ft.  wide  and  6  ft.  high  cost  at  the  same  rate? 

(Solve  by  proportion.) 

Suppose  that  Jonas  Smith  owes  you  $343,  for 
which  he  gives  his  promissory  note  of  this  date, 
payable  to  your  order  in  90  days, with  legal  interest. 

(1283)  Write   a   complete  copy  of  the  note,   and 

(1284)  compute  the  amount  payable  when  due,  in- 
cluding three  days  grace. 

1285.  How  much  can  I  realize  on  a  note  for 
$2144.50  due  in  3  mo.,  10  da.,  discounted  at  bank 
at  8  per  cent.  ? 

'l286.  Bought  150  bbls.  of  flour  at  $6.75  per  bbl., 
and  sold  it  at  12£  per  cent,  advance:  what  amount 
did  it  bring? 

1287.  How  long  must  $240  *be  on  interest  at  8£ 
per  cent,  to  amount  to  $266.40? 

1288.  A  vessel  and  cargo  are  valued  at  $297000. 
The  premium  paid  for  insurance  on  f-  of  their  value 
was  $2475.     What  was  the  rate  of  insurance? 

1289.  What  sum  of  money  will  amount  to  $228.60 
in  2  yr.  4  mo.  18  da.,  at  6  per  cent. 

1290.  How  many  gallons  in  24£  hektoliters  of 
wine?  (A  liter  =  1.0567  qt.) 

1291.  Explain  the  difference  between  specific  and 
ad  valorem  duties. 

.  1292.  Extract  the  cube  root  of  50653. 

1293.  The  time  at  a  certain  place  is  3  h.  15  min. 
earlier  than  at  Washington.  In  what  longitude, 
reckoned  from  Washington,  is  that  place? 


THE 

REGENTS'  QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  I.    Wop.  7>  7866. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

1.  Mention  the  grand  divisions  of  the  earth,  and  state 
within  which  hemispheres  (northern  or  southern,  and 
eastern  or  western)  each  is  principally  included. 

2.  Give  a  similar  statement  in  relation  to  the  several 
oceans, 

3.  Describe  the  equator,  the  tropics,  and  the  polar  cir- 
cles. 

4.  Define  latitude  and  longitude. 

5.  Name  the  several  zones,  and  state  within  or  between 
what  circles  each  is  included. 

6.  Illustrate  the  relative  positions  of  the  equator,  trop- 
ics, polar  circles,  and  zones,  by  a  6mall  circular  diagram 
similar  to  an  outline  map  of  a  hemisphere. 

7.  Mention  the  three  lacgest  islands  of  the  globe,  (ex- 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


cepting  the  so-called  continents, )  in  the  order  of  theb 
size. 

8.  What  bay  and  strait  separate  British  America  from 
Greenland  ? 

9.  What  parallel  of  latitude  forms  the  northern  boun- 
dary of  the  United  States  from  the  Lake  of  the  Woods  to 
the  Gulf  of  Georgia  ? 

10.  What  is  the  capital  of  Canada,  and  how  is  it  sit- 
uated ? 

11.  What  strait  connects  Lake  Huron  and  Lake  Michi- 
gan? 

12.  What  is  the  capital  of  California  ? 

13.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  boundary  between 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania  ? 

14.  Name  and  describe  the  largest  river  within  the  state 
of  Virginia. 

15.  Which  are  the  three  largest  of  the  West  India 
Islands  ? 

16.  Where  and  what  is  Terra  del  Fuego  ? 

17.  Mention  the  countries  comprised  in  the  British 
Isles. 

18.  What  strait  separates  Spain  from  Africa  ? 

19.  What  mountains  between  Norway  and  Sweden  ? 

20.  What  large  river  of  Russia  empties  into  the  Black 
Sea? 

21.  What  mountains  form  the  boundary  line  between 
China  and  Hindoostan  ? 

22.  Where  is  the  empire  of  Japan,  and  of  what  does  it 
consist  ? 

23.  Is  the  greater  part  of  Africa  north  or  south  of  the 
equator  ?  Represent  the  6hape  of  Africa  by  a  small  out- 
line map,  and  draw  a  line  across  it  to  correspond  to  the 
position  of  the  equator. 

24.  Where  is  the  island  of  St.  Helena  ?  (Nearest  which 
grand  division,  in  what  ocean,  and  hemispheres,  and  In 
about  what  latitude  and  longitude  ?) 


GEOGRAPHY. 

Examination  II.      Feb.  28,  7867* 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

25.  Define  Circles  of  Longitude  ? 

26.  What  countries  of  the  globe  are  crossed  by  the 
Arctic  Circle? 

27.  What  is  the  longitude  of  N,  Y.  City,  reckoning 
from  Greenwich  ?  (The  minutes  and  seconds  are  not  re- 
quired.) 

28.  Which  of  the  United  States  have  no  sea  coast  ? 

29.  Through  what  state  does  the  Mississippi  flow? 

30.  On  what  waters  may  one  sail  from  New  York  to 
Philadelphia  ? 

31.  What  river  connects  Lake  Superior  with  Lake 
Huron  ? 

32.  What  river  rises  in  the  western  part  of  North  Caro- 
ina  and  flows  into  the  Ohio  ? 

33.  In  what  direction  is  the  Isthmus  of  Darien  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Orinoco  ? 

34.  What  countries  of  South  America  are  crossed  by 
the  Equator  ? 

35.  Name  the  three  largest  rivers  of  South  America. 

36.  What  countries  of  Europe  border  on  the  Mediter- 
ranean Sea  ? 

37.  Describe  the  river  Rhine. 

38.  What  is  the  capital  of  Prussia  ? 

89.  What  range  of  mountains  in  Austria  ? 

40.  Describe  the  river  Rhone. 

41.  Where  is  Calcutta  situated  ? 

42.  Where  is  Mt.  Sinai  ? 

43.  What  strait  at  the  eastern  extremity  of  Siberia  ? 

44.  What  is  the  capital  of  Japan  ? 

45.  Describe  the  river  Niger  ? 

46.  In  what  direction  do  the  Mountains  of  the  Moon 
extend? 

47.  What  is  the  largest  island  of  Oceanica  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


48.  In  what  Zone  is  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  ? 

Any  pupil  who  has  the  requisite  time,  may  show  by  * 
small  diagram,  the  relative  position  of  lines  of  latitude 
and  longitude  on  a  map  of  the  northern  hemisphere. 


Examination  III,    June  73,  1867* 
(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

49.  In  what  part  of  the  world  is  the  point  of  no  latitude 
and  no  longitude,  (reckoning  longitude  from  Greenwich  ?) 

50.  What  is  the  width,  in  degrees,  of  each  temperate 
zone? 

51.  How  can  we  determine,  by  a  map,  the  line  or  ridge 
of  high  land,  called  a  watershed,  which  divides  a  coun- 
try into  opposite  slopes  ? 

52.  What  are  the  two  principal  water- sheds  of  the 
United  States  ? 

53.  What  three  large  cities  of  North  America  are  loca- 
ted near  the  20th,  30th  and  40th  degrees  of  north  lati- 
tude, respectively  ? 

54.  On  what  parallel  of  latitude  is  the  boundary  of  New 
York,  from  Lake  Champlain  to  the  river  St.  Lawrence  ? 

55.  What  parallel  of  latitude  forms  the  boundary  be- 
tween Virginia  and  North  Carolina  ? 

56.  What  parallel  forms  the  northern  boundary  of 
Georgia,  Alabama  and  Mississippi  ? 

57.  What  four  states  border  on  Lake  Michigan  ? 

58.  How  is  Alabama  bounded  ? 

59.  What  river  flows  into  the  northern  extremity  of  the 
gulf  of  California  ? 

60.  What  country  occupies  the  north-western  extrem- 
ity of  South  America  ? 

61.  What  country  of  South  America  has  no  sea  coast  ? 

62.  What  three  great  rivers  of  Europe  rise  in  the  Alps* 
and  where  do  each  of  them  empty  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


63.  What  mountain  range  passes   tl  rough  the  whole 
«ength  of  Italy  ? 

64.  Into  what  sea  does  the  river  Elbe  empty  ? 

65.  What   countries   occupy    the  Scandinavian  penin- 
sula? 

66.  What  strait  separates  England  from  France  ? 

67.  What  three  peninsulas  on  the  southern  border  of 
Europe  ? 

68.  What  other  continent  has  also  three  large  penin- 
sulas on  its  southern  border,  and  what  are  their  names  t 

69.  What  is  the  general  direction  of  peninsulas  in  any 
continent  ? 

70.  What  large  c>'y  is   situated  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Ganges  ? 

71.  What  gulf  i»    the    north-westtrn  part  of  the  Red 
Sea? 

72.  What  coud4  y   of  Africa  borders  on  the  strait  of 
Gibraltar  ? 


Exami?iciion  IT.     JVor.  7,  1867. 
(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

73.  What  is  t>  ?,  amount  of  the  greatest  longitude  ? 

74.  What  ba    west  of  Greenland  ? 

75.  What  p  rallels  of  latitude  form  parts  of  the  north- 
ern boundary  of  the  United  States  ? 

76.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  northeastern  bound- 
ary of  the  United  States  ? 

77.  What  lake  between  lake  Huron  and  lake  Erie  ? 

78.  What  states  are  separated  by  the  Wabash  river  ? 

79.  What  is  the  outlet  of  Lake  Champlaiu  ? 

80.  On  what  river  is  Rochester  situated? 

81.  Of  what  river  is  the  Juniata  a  branch  ? 

82.  What  two  ranges  of  mountains  in  Virginia  ? 

83.  ^yhat  peninsula  forms  the  south  part  of  Greece? 


THB  REGENTS'  QUESTION*. 


84.  What  is  the  capital  of  Prussia  ? 

85.  Describe  the  Rhine. 

86.  Describe  the  Danube. 

87.  On  what  river  is  Paris  situated  ? 

88.  What  large  sea  north  of  Prussia? 

89.  In  what  zone  is  the  greater  part  of  Asia? 

90.  What  mountains  between  China  and  Hindoostan  ? 

91.  Describe  the  river  Ganges. 

92.  What  sea  between  Arabia  and  Hindoostan  ? 

93.  What  two  large  islands  on  the  Equator  south  east 
of  Asia  ? 

94.  What  are  the  two  largest  rivers  in  Africa? 

95.  What  large  island  east  of  Africa  ? 

96.  What  group  of  islands  west  of  Morocco  ? 


Examination  Y.    Feb.  20,  1868. 

(9:30-10:30  A.  M.) 

97.  Which  extends  further  south— the  Old  World  or 
the  New  ? 

98.  In  what  Zone  are  the  most  highly  civilized  nations? 

99.  What  connects  the  Pacific  with  the  Arctic  Ocean? 

100.  What  change  in  temperature  occurs  in  going  from 
the  base  of  a  high  mountain  towards  its  summit  ? 

101.  What  is  the  largest  river  flowing  into  Hudson's 
Bay? 

102.  What  large  city  on  the  western  coast  of  the  United 
States  ? 

103.  Which  of  the  New  England  States  has  the  highest 
mountains  ? 

104.  What  lake  is  crossed  by  the  northern  boundary  of 
Vermont  ? 

105.  What  mountains  in  the  northern  part  of  the  Stat* 
of  New  York  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

106.  What  city  in  Delaware  at  the  mouth  of  the  Dela- 
ware  River  ? 

107.  On  which  side  of  the  Mississippi  is  the  greater 
part  of  Louisiana  * 

108.  Why  has  South  America  no  large  rivers  flowing 
westward  ? 

109.  What  is  the  only  country  lying  wholly  on  the  west- 
ern slope  of  the  Andes  ? 

110.  What  islands  east  of  the  southern  extremity  of 
South  America? 

111.  What  is    the    south-western   point   of    England 
called  ? 

112.  What  two  large  lakes  south-west  of  the  Whit* 
Sea? 

113.  What  large  river  flows  through  Austria  ? 

114.  What  sea  east  of  Italy  ? 

115.  What  waters    between  the  Grecian  Archipelago 
and  the  Black  Sea  ? 

116.  What  waters  are  connected  by  the  strait  of  Babel- 
mandeb  ? 

117.  What  peninsula  between  the  Yellow  Sea  and  the 
sea  of  Japan  ? 

118.  What  important  country  of  Asia  consists  of  islands 
only? 

119.  What  country  on  the  Mediterranean  next  west  of 
Egypt? 

120.  What  cape  forms  the  most  eastern  point  of  Africa? 


Examinatio?i   YI.    June  &,  7868, 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

121.  In  what  direction  does  the  Gulf  Stream  flow? 

122.  What  large  island  east  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Law- 
rence? 

123.  What  island  at  the  mouth  of  river  St.  Lawrence  t 


THE   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


134.  Which  thirteen  of  the  United  States  border  on  th« 
Atlantic  Ocean  ? 

125.  What  is  the  highest  peak  of  the  White  Mountains  ? 

126.  What  island  at  the  mouth  of  the  Hudson,  between 
New  Jersey  and  Long  Island  ? 

127.  What  large  bay  in  the  State  of  Maryland? 

128.  What  mountains  separate  the  States  of  Virginia 
and  West  Virginia  ? 

129.  On  what  river  is  the  capital  of  Tennessee  situated  t 

130.  What  States  are  separated  by  the  Sabine  river  ? 

131.  Which  is  further  west,  New  Orleans  or  Lima  ? 

132.  In  what  latitude  is  the  mouth  of  the  Amazon? 

133.  What  divisions  of  South  America  border  on  the 
Pacific  ocean  ? 

134.  What  are  the  three  great  rivers  of  South  America? 

135.  Which  is  the  further  north,  Paris  or  Quebec  ? 

136.  What  is  the  capital  of  Denmark  ? 

137.  Which  is  the  largest  lake  in  Europe  ? 

138.  What  river  flows  into  the  Gulf  of  Lyons  ? 

139.  Through  what  waters  would  a  vessel  pass  in  goinf 
from  New  Orleans  to  Smyrna  ? 

140.  In  what  direction  do  the  trade  winds  blow  ? 

141.  In  what  latitude  is  the  Strait  of  Gibralter  ? 

142.  What  is  the  capital  of  Persia  ? 

143.  What  mountains  in  the  northern  part  of  Africa  ? 

144.  Which  is  the  largest  of  the  Sandwich  Islands  ? 


Examination  VII.    Nov.  12,  7868. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

145.  What  is  meant  by  small  circles  of  a  sphere  ? 

146.  What  does  the  eastern  continent  comprise  ? 

147.  Which  is  the  smallest  of  the  United  States  ? 

148.  What  States  bound  Florida  on  the  north  ? 


GEOGRAPHY 


149.  What  States  bound  Wisconsin  on  the  west  ? 

150.  Name  three  of  the  western  branches  ot  the  Missis- 
•ippi  river. 

151.  Between  what  States  does  the  Connecticut  river 
flow? 

152.  In  what  direction  is  Montreal  from  Quebec  ? 

153.  What  two  large  peninsulas-  in  Mexico  ? 

154.  In  what  direction  is  Buenos  Ayres  from  Rio  De 
Janeiro  ? 

155.  What  is  the  capital  of  Turkey  ? 

156.  What  important  seaport  in  the  south  of  France  ? 

157.  What  island  south  of  Hindoostan  ? 

158.  What  large  desert  in  the  Chinese  Empire  ? 

159.  What  mountains  between  Siberia  and  the  Chinese 
Empire  ? 

160.  Is  Liberia  in  north  or  south  latitude  ? 

161.  What  circle  bounds  the  torrid  zone  on  the  north  ? 

162.  Describe  the  Antarctic  circle. 

163.  Between  what    grand    divisions    is    the  Atlantic 
Ocean  ? 

164.  Which  is  the  largest  lake  of  fresh  water  on  the 
globe  ? 

165.  Which  is  the  largest  island  sea  ? 

166.  What  is  the  latitude  of  Washington  city  (degrees 
only?) 

167.  What  is  the  longitude  of  New  York  city  (degree! 
only  ?) 

168.  By  what  waters  may  a  vessel  pass  from  Providence, 
R.  I.,  to  Nashville,  Tenn.  ? 


Examination  Till.      J^eb.  78,  7869. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

169.  How  many  degrees  from  the  equator  is  the  Arctic 
Circle  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


170.  By  what   circle   is  the    South   Temperate  Zone 
bounded  ? 

171.  Why  do  degrees  of  longitude  vary  in  length  at 
different  places  on  the  earth's  surface  ? 

1*72.  In  what  State  is  the  geographical  centre  of  the 
fcJnited  States  ? 

173.  Which  State  extends  further  north,  Main  or  Min- 
nesota ? 

174.  What  State    extends    further    south,   Florida  or 
Texas  ? 

175.  Mention  the  capitals  of  the  Middle  States. 

176.  Bound  the  State  of  Missouri. 

177.  Trace  the  water  communication  between  Chicago 
and  Pittsburgh. 

178.  To  what  European  government  does  Cuba  belong  ? 

179.  What  is  the  capital  of  Venezuela  ? 

180.  What  large  river  empties  into  the  Atlantic  near 
Buenos  Ayres  ? 

181.  What  waters  separate  England  and  Ireland  ? 

182.  By  what  route  could  a  vessel  sail  from  Marseilles 
to  St.  Petersburgh  ? 

183.  What  is  the  capital  of  Austria,  and  where  is  it 
situated  ? 

184.  On  what  river  is  the  city  of  Rome  located  ? 

185.  In  what  zone  is  Iceland  ? 

186.  What  large  island  near  the  eastern  extermity  of 
the  Mediterranean  Sea  ? 

187.  In  what  does  the  river  Indus  empty  ? 

188.  What  is  the  general  direction  of  the  rivers  of 
China  ? 

189.  What  bodies  of  water  does  the  isthmus  of  Sues 
gep&rate  ? 

19C.    What  countries  of  Africa  border  on  the  Mediter- 
ranean Sea  ? 

191.  Describe  the  Mozambique  Channel. 

192.  In  what  zone  does  the  highest  civilization  exist  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

Examination  IX.    June  70,  7869, 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

193.  What  two  revolutions  does  the  earth  perform  t 

194.  What  do  each  of  these  revolutions  produce  ? 

195.  What  is  meant  by  the  cardinal  points  ? 

196.  Which  one  of  the  five  zones  has  more  land  surface 
than  any  other  ? 

197.  In  which  zone  are  volcanoes  most  numerous  ? 

198.  Why  are  there  few  lakes  in  the  torrid  zone  ? 

199.  Which  is  the  longest    mountain    system  of  the 
globe  ? 

200.  Which  grand    division   is    crossed    by  both    the 
tropical  circles  ? 

201.  What  is  the  general  direction  of  the  longest  right 
line  that  can  be  drawn  across  the  eastern  continent  ? 

202.  Which  of  the  grand  divisions  are  peninsulas  ? 

203.  What  river  has  its  basin  in  the  southern  part  of  the 
great  central  plain  of  South  America  ? 

204.  What  group  of  islands  between  North  and  South 
America  ? 

205.  What  island  north-west  of  Europe,  partly  in  the 
western  hemisphere  ?     • 

206.  What  large  river  of  the  United  States  flows  into 
the  Pacific  Ocean  ? 

207.  Which  is  the  largest  western  branch  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi river  ? 

208.  Which  is  the  largest  branch  of  the  Ohio  river  ? 

209.  Which  of  the  thirty-seven  United  States  extends 
farthest  north  ? 

210.  Which  of  the  United  States  are  intersected  by  the 
Mississippi  river  ? 

211.  What  river  bounds  Iowa  on  the  west  ? 

212.  What  city  of  Wisconsin  is  situated  on  Lake  Michi- 
gan? 

213.  What  island  in  the  Niagara  river  ? 


THE    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


214.  What  sea  between  Russia  and  Sweden? 

215.  What  is  the  capital  of  Holland  ? 

216.  Which    of    the  five   races  of   men   is    the  moat 
numerous  ? 


Examination  X.    JYov.  12,  7868* 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

217.  How  must  a  place  be    situated  to  be  in  north 
latitude  ? 

218.  How  must  a  place  be  situated  to  be  in  east  longi- 
tude? 

219.  How  many  seasons  has  the  torrid  zone  ? 

220.  Where  are  the  richest  silver  mines  of  the  globe .' 

221.  Into  what  races  are  mankind  divided  ? 

222.  What  grand    divisions  lie  wholly  north    of   the 
equator  ? 

223.  What  two  gulfs  of  North  America  are  crossed  by 
the  Tropic  of  Cancer  ? 

224.  Where  is  the  Tropic  of  Cancer  most  nearly  ap- 
proached by  the  United  State  ? 

225.  What  large  river  in  the  western  part  of  the  United 
States  has  its  source  in  British  America  ? 

226.  In  what  mountains  does  the  Hudson  river  rise  ? 

227.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  boundary  between 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania  ? 

228.  What  river  empties  into  the  head  of  Chesapeake 
Bay? 

229.  Through  what  two  States  does  the  Chesapeake 
Bay  extend  ? 

239.  What  two  rivers  receive   the  waters  of  all  the 
streams  of  Iowa? 

231.  Of  what  division  of  South  America  is  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama  a  part  ? 

232.  Alocg  what  three  rivers  are  the  principal  lowland 
plains  of  South  America  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

283.  Is  the  greater  part  of  Brazil  in  north  or  in  south 
latitude  ? 

234.  What  range  of  mountains  forms  a  natural  boundary 
between  France  and  Spain  ? 

235.  What  noted  river  of  Europe  empties  into  the  North 
Sea? 

236.  Into  what  sea  do  all  the  rivers  of  South  Russia 
empty  ? 

237.  What  6ea  is  between  England  and  Denmark  ? 

238.  What   important  group  of    islands    east    of    the 
Chinese  Empire  ? 

239.  In  what  country  of  Asia  is  Mt.  Ararat? 
i4C.  In  what  zones  is  Africa  ? 


Examination  XI.    Feb.   18,  7870. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

241.  What  oceans  border  on  the  Eastern  Continent? 

242.  Between  what  two  grand  divisions  has  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  its  greatest  breadth  ? 

243.  How  many  English  miles  from  the  equator  is  a 
place  that  is  ten  degrees  north  of  it  ? 

244.  What  grand  divisions  are  crossed  by  the  meridian 
of  Greenwich  ? 

245.  Is  Australia  in  east  or  in  west  longitude,  reckon- 
ing from  Greenwich  ? 

246.  In  which  zone  ie  the  southern  extremity  of  South 
America  ? 

247.  Which  one  of  the  United  States  lying  wholly  east 
of  the  meridian  of  Washington  has  no  ocean  coast  ? 

248.  What  States  border  on  Pennsylvania  ? 

249.  Which  one  of   the  United  States  consists  of  two 
peninsulas  ? 

259.  How  is  Kansas  bounded  on  the  north  ? 

251.  What  is  the  chief  town  of  Nova  Scotia  ? 

252.  What  two  large  peninsulas  in  Mexico  ? 


THE  REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


253.  In  what  mountains  does  the  Amazon  river  rise  ? 

254.  Between  what  two  rivers  is  Paraguay  situated  ? 

255.  What  country  occupies  the  southern  extremity  of 
South  America? 

256.  What  sea  between  Russia  and  SweAen  ? 

257.  What   five   countries  of    Europe   border   on   the 
Mediterranean  Sea  ? 

258.  Which  are  the  five  great  powers  of  Europe  ? 

259.  What  country  bounds  Greece  on  the  north  ? 

260.  What  is  the  name  of  the  principal  desert  of  Asia  T 

261.  What  is  the  capital  of  Persia? 

262.  What  large  bay  east  of  Hindoostan  ? 

263.  In  what  zone  or  zones  is  the  Sahara  desert  ? 

264.  What  large  gulf  on  the  western  coast  of  Africa 
near  the  equator  ? 


Examination  XII.    June  70,  7870, 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

265.  Which  extends  farther  east ;  the  United  States  or 
Brazil  ? 

266.  Which  is  the  more  westerly  ;  Cape  Horn  or  Cape 
St.  Lucas? 

267.  Which  ocean  has  the  greater  breadth  ;  the  Atlantic 
between  South  America  and  Africa,  or  the  Indian,  be- 
tween Afriea  and  Australia  ? 

268.  In  what  zones  is  Australia  situated  ? 

269.  What  large  bay  east  of  Lake  Huron  and  north  of 
Lake  Erie  ? 

270.  What  bodies  of  water  are  connected  by  the  Wel- 
land  Canal  ? 

271.  Prove  that  Lake  Superior  is  (or  is  not)  more 
elevated  than  the  Atlantic  Ocean  ? 

272.  Mention  any  sea  or  lake  upon  the  globe  whose 
surface  is  lower  than  the  surface  of  the  ocean. 

27S.  Mention  all  the  States  bordering  upon  IllinoU. 


OEOGRAPHT. 

874.  In  sailing  np  the  Mississippi  river  from  its  mouth 
to  the  latitude  ol  Chicago,  what  States,  or  parts  of  States, 
might  you  see  upon  the  eastern  shore  ? 

275.  Which  are  the  so-called  "  Gulf  States  ;  "  or,  what 
8tates  border  upon  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  ? 

276.  Which  is  the  highest  mountain  in  New  England  ? 

277.  What  large  river  east  of  and  nearly  parallel  to  the 
Hudson  River? 

278.  Between  what  two  rivers  is  Philadelphia  situated  ? 

279.  Mention  one  of  the  three  large  rivers  of  Vir- 
ginia, south  of  and  nearly  parallel  to  the  Potomac,  and 
emptying  into  the  Chesapeake  Bay  ? 

280.  On  which  coast  of  Cuba,  the  northern  or  the 
aouthern,  is  Havana,  the  capital,  situated  ? 

281.  What  large  river  flows  through  Venezuela  ? 

282.  What  two  large  rivers  unite  to  form  the  Rio  de  la 
Plata  f 

283.  What  country  of  Europe  partly  encompasses  the 
White  Sea? 

284.  What  country  of  Europe  is  situated  between  the 
Adriatic  and  a  part  of  the  Me'diterranean  Seas  ? 

285.  What  range  of  mountains  extends  from  the  Bay  of 
Biscay  to  the  Mediterranean  Sea? 

286.  In  what  direction  from  China  is  the  China  Sea  ? 

287.  What  is  the  capital  of  Japan  ? 

288.  What  large  lake  of  Africa,  on  or  near  the  equator, 
at  the  head  of  the  river  Nile  ? 


Examination  XIII.    Nov.  //,  7870. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

289.  What  part  of  North  America  has  the  greatest 
longitude,  i.  e.,  extends  farthest  west  ? 

290.  What  zone  contains  the  greatest  number  of  islands  ? 

291.  Which  has  the  greater  circumference :   the  Tropic 
of  Cancer  or  the  80°  circle  of  latitude  ? 


THE   KEGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


392.  In  what  direction  is  the  Caribbean  Sea  from  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  ? 

293.  Is  the  Sea  of  Kamchatka  in  the  Eastern  or  in  the 
Western  Hemisphere  ? 

294.  In  what  latitude  is  the  mouth  of  the  Amazon 
rher  ? 

295.  Mention  a  large  gulf,  or  a  bay,  in  North  America, 
so  nearly  surrouDded  by  land  as  to  be  almost  a  mediter- 
ranean or  inland  sea. 

29H.  What  is  the  name  of  the  outlet  of  Lake  Huron  ? 

297.  Mention  some  of  the  United  States  territories 
which  are  traversed  by  the  Rocky  mountain  range. 

298.  Which  of  the  United  States  border  on  the  Pacific 
Ocean  ? 

299.  "Which  extends  further  north,  the  Gulf  of  Mexico 
or  the  Gulf  of  California  ? 

300.  Mention  one  of  the  United  States  which  has  more 
than  one  capital  city. 

301.  What  State  is  indented  by  the  Narraganset  Bay  ? 

302.  Which  two  New  England  States  have  a  joint  river 
margin  or  boundary  ? 

303.  To  what  State  do  Nantucket  and  Martha's  Vine- 
yard belong  ? 

304.  What  river  is  crossed  three  times  by  the  southern 
boundary  of  the  State  of  New  York  ? 

305.  Which  one  of  the  Middle  States  is  nearly  sur- 
rounded by  water  (sea  coast  and  river)  ? 

306.  Which  of  the  United  States  border  on  Lake 
Superior  ? 

807.  What  large  river  of  Europe  empties  into  the 
Caspian  Sea  ? 

308.  What  large  river  empties  into  the  Black  Sea  from 
the  west? 

309.  What  large  river  of  France  empties  into  the  Medi- 
terranean Sea  ? 

810.  In  what  direction  is  Moscow  from  St.  Peterstrargh  I 


GEOGRAPHY. 


311.  What  is  the  capital  of  China  ? 

312.  What  mountain  range  between  China  and  Siberia? 


Examination  XIV.    Feb.  2&,  187 f. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

313.  What  is  the  axis  of  the  earth  ? 

314.  Which  grand  divisions  are  partly  within  the  South- 
ern Hemisphere  ? 

315.  Which  two  grand  divisions  are  traversed  through- 
out their  entire  length  by  a  continuous  mountain  range  ? 

316.  Which  is  the  highest  mountain  peak  of  North 
America  ? 

317.  What  large  islands  east  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Law 
rence  ? 

318.  What  large  river  forms  the  greater  part  of  the 
joint  boundary  of  Oregon  and  Washington  territory? 

319.  Mention  eight  cities  in  the  State  of  New  York. 

320.  What  lake  lies  between  Lake  Champlain  and  the 
head  waters  of  the  Hudson  river  ? 

321.  What  river  forms  the  entire  eastern  boundary  of 
Pennsylvania  ? 

822.  What  States  are  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  Ohio 
river  ? 

323.  What  large  lake  in  Central  America  ? 

324.  What  four  islands  form  the  group  known  as  the 
Greater  Antilles  ? 

325.  Mention  eight  of  the  twelve  countries  of  South 
America  ? 

326.  Which  one  of  these  countries  is  traversed  by  the 
Orinoco  river  ? 

327.  What  country  of  South  America  has  no  sea  coast  f 

328.  On  what  river  of  France  is  Paris  situated  ? 

329.  What  large  bay  west  of  France  ? 

330.  What  range  of  mountains  extends  from  the  Black 
to  the  Caspian  sea  ? 


THE   SEGENT3'  QUESTIONS. 


331.  Mention  four  seas  in  and  around  Russia. 

332.  To  what  European  power  does  Australia  belong  ? 

333.  In  what  zone  is  the  greater  part  of  Siberia  ? 

33!.  What  inland  gulf  lies  between  the  Arabian  sea  and 
the  eastern  end  of  the  Mediterranean  ? 

335.  What  strait  separates  Morocco  from  Europe  ? 

336.  What  large  river  flows  into  the  gulf  of  Guinea  ? 


Examination  XT.      June  9,  787 '/• 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

337.  Mention  the  grand  divisions  of  the  Earth,  and 
state  within  which  Hemispheres  (northern  or  southern, 
and  eastern  or  western)  Asia  is  principally  included. 

338.  Give  a  similar  statement  in  relation  to  the  Hemi- 
spheres within  which  the  Indian  Ocean  is  included. 

839.  Describe  the  equator,    the  tropics   and  the  polar 
circles. 
34C.  Define  latitude  and  longitude. 

341.  Name  the  several  zones  and  state  within  or  be- 
tween what  circles  each  is  included. 

342.  Illustrate  the  relative  positions  of  the  equator, 
tropics,  polar  circles,  and  zones,  by  a  small  diagram 
similar  to  an  outline  map  of  a  Hemisphere,  and  letter 
each  of  these  parts  of  the  diagram. 

343.  What  is  the  width,  in  degrees,  of  each  temperate 
zone? 

344.  What  bay  and  strait  separate  British  America 
from  Greenland  ? 

345.  What  parallel  of  latitude  forms  the  northern 
boundary  of  the  United  States  from  the  Lake  of  the 
Woods  to  the  gulf  of  Georgia  ? 

846.  What  is  the  capital  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada, 
and  where  is  it  situated  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


847.  What  strait  connects  Lake  Huron  with  Lake  Michi- 
gan ? 

348.  What  is  the  capital  of  California  * 

349.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  boundary  between 
Maryland  and  Virginia  ? 

350.  Mention  and  describe  the  largest  river  within  the 
United  States. 

851.  Which  are  the  three  largest  of  the  West  India 
Islands  ? 

852.  Where  and  what  is  Terra  del  Fuego  ? 

353.  Mention  the  countries  comprised  in  the  British 
Islee  ? 

354.  What  separates  Spain  from  Morocco  ? 

355.  What  mountains  between  Norway  and  Sweden  ? 

356.  What  large  river  empties  into  the  Black  Sea  from 
the  west  ? 

357.  What  mountains  between  the  Chinese  Empire  and 
Hindoostan  ? 

858.  Where  is  the  empire  of  Japan,  and  of  what  does  it 
consist  ? 

369.  Is  the  greater  part  of  Africa  north  or  south  of  the 
equator  ?  Represent  the  shape  of  Africa  by  a  small  out- 
line map,  and  draw  a  line  across  it  to  show  the  position 
of  the  equator. 

860.  Where  is  the  island  of  St.  Helena  ?  (Nearest  what 
grand  division,  in  what  ocean  and  hemispheres)  ? 


Examination  XTI.     Nov.  70y  787/. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

861.  Bound  the  South  Temperate  Zone. 

862.  What  is  the  latitude  of  the  northern  boundary  of 
Vermont  ? 

383.  Mention  all  the  grand  divisions  which  lie  partly  is 
the  North  Temperate  Zone. 


•••HE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


864.  What  noted  group  of  islands  in  the  Pacific  Ocean 
west  of  Mexico  ? 

365.  What  grand  division  would  be  reached  in  sailing 
east  from  Australia  ? 

366.  What  gulf  on  the  Pacific  coast  of  the  Western 
Hemisphere  ? 

367.  What  five  large  lakes  are  drained  by  the  river  St 
Lawrence  ? 

368.  Mention  three  tributaries  of  the  Mississippi  river, 
from  the  west. 

369.  On  what  river  is  the  city  of  Hartford  situated  ? 

370.  What  river  rises  in  western  Massachusetts  and 
flows  through  Connecticut  ? 

371.  In  what  mountains  does  the  Hudson  river  rise  ? 

372.  Which  of  the  United  States  border  on  Lake  Erie  ? 

373.  Which  states  bound  North  Carolina  and  Tennes- 
see on  the  south  ? 

374.  What  is  the  capital  of  California? 

375.  What  city  and  island  in  the  St.  Lawrence  opposite 
the  mouth  of  the  Ottawa  river  ? 

376.  Into  what  four  provinces   is   the    Dominion  of 
Canada  divided  ?    (Note  :  There  are  now  but  two.) 

377.  What  country  of  South  America  bounds  Peru  on 
the  north  ? 

378.  What  country  of  South  America  is  an  Empire  ? 

379.  What  two  large  seas  lie  between  the  British  Isles 
and  the  central  part  of  Russia  ? 

380.  What  name  is  given  to  the  peninsula  between  the 
Mediterranean  and  the  Black  Seas  ? 

381.  What  two  rivers  empty  into  the  Persian  Gulf  ? 

382.  What  mountain  range  extends    southward  from 
Abyssinia  ? 

383.  Which  grand  division  has  the  warmest  average 
climate  ? 

884.  What  continent  lies  wholly  in  the  Southern  Hemi- 
sphere ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

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Examination  XTII.    Feb.  28,  7872. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

385.  Which  is  the  larger  :  Africa  or  South  America  ? 

386.  Which  ocean  is  entirely  within  the  Eastern  Hemi- 
*phere  ? 

387.  What  three  oceans  are  partly  within  the  South 
Temperate  Zone  ? 

388.  In  what  direction  is  Madagascar  from  Australia  ? 

389.  What  two  large  islands  of  the  Eastern  Hemisphere 
are  crossed  by  the  equator  ? 

390.  What  ocean  receives  the  largest  amount  of  water 
from  the  continental  nver  systems  ? 

291.  In  what  direction  is  the  mouth  of  the  Amazon  from 
the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  ? 

392.  What  city  is  located  on  the  Boston  and  Albany 
railroad  at  its  intersection  with  the  Connecticut  river  ? 

393.  Mention  five  lakes  lying  wholly  within  the  State 
->t  New  York. 

394.  What  city  is  situated  in  the  south-western  part 
of  Pennsylvania  ? 

395.  Is  Philadelphia  in  east  or  in  west  longitude  (reck- 
oning from  Washington)  ? 

396.  What  is  the  capital  of  Alabama  ? 

397.  What  States  bound  Florida  on  the  north  ? 

398.  What  large  bay  is  situated  on  the  western  border 
of  Lake  Huron  ? 

899.  What  great  lake  borders  on  Minnesota  ? 

400.  Which  are  the  two  largest  rivers  that  empty  into 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  ? 

401.  What  is  the  capital  of  Brazil  ? 

402.  What  country  of  South  America  is  traversed  by 
the  Orinoco  river  ? 

493.  Which  extends  further  south ;  Norway  or  Sweden? 
404.  Mention  four  large  islands  of  the  Mediterraneai 
«ea? 


THE  REGEKTS'  QUESTIONS. 


405.  Of  what  country  is  Vienna  the  capital? 

406.  What  channel  between  Ireland  and  Wales  ? 

407.  Near  what  river  and  bay  is  Calcutta  situated. 

408.  In  what  direction  is  New  York    city  from  the 
North  Pole  ? 


I?xami?iation  XYIII.    June  7,  1872* 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

409.  How  are  the  Arctic  and  Pacific  Oceans  connected  ? 

410.  On  which  Hemisphere  (eastern  or  western,)  is  the 
meridian  170Q  east  longitude  from  Greenwich  ? 

411.  Is  New  Zealand  in  the  Eastern  or  Western  Hemi- 
sphere ? 

412.  Mention  a  river  of  North  America  that  flows  in  a 
northerly  direction. 

413.  Mention  one  of  the  rivers  of  Maine. 

414.  How  many  square  miles  in  the  State   of   New 
York  (in  round  numbers)  ? 

415.  Which  State  has  the  larger  territory :  New  York 
or  California? 

416.  What  is  the  population  of  the  State  of  New  York 
(in  round  numbers)  ? 

417.  How  many  counties  are  there  in  New  York  State  I 

418.  Which  county  of  New  York  extends  farthest  east  ? 

419.  What  State  bounds  Kansas  on  the  east  ? 

420.  What  is  the  capital  of  Illinois  ? 

421.  What  States  would  be  crossed  in  passing  direct 
from  Indiana  to  Alabama  ? 

422.  Mention  any  one  of  the  United  States  which  hat 
no  sea  or  lake  coast. 

423.  Mention  a  tributary  of  the  Missouri  river. 

424.  Mention  one  of  the  peninsulas  adjacent  to  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico. 

425.  Which  is  nearer  the  equator :  Cuba  or  Jamaica  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


426.  What  country  bounds  the  Argentine  Confedera- 
tion on  the  north  ? 

427.  What  large  river  of  Colombia,  S.  A.,  empties  into 
the  Caribbean  Sea  ? 

428.  What  large  sea  is  situated  about  midway  between 
the  Adriatic  and  Caspian  Sea  ? 

429.  Mention  one  of  the  gulfs  adjacent  to  the  Baltic 
Sea. 

430.  In  what  direction  is  Corsica  from  Sardinia  ? 

431.  What  noted  river  empties  into  the  Dead  Sea  ? 

432.  On  which  coast  of  Africa  is  Senegambia  ? 


Examination  XIX.    JVov.  8,  1872. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

433.  What  place  upon  the  earth's  surface  is  south  from 
every  other  place  ? 

434.  What  zone  has  no  sunlight  during  our  summer  ? 

435.  In  sailing  due  east,  which  does  a  ship  change  :  its 
latitude  or  its  longitude  ? 

436.  Which  is  the  larger:  North  America  or  South 
America  ? 

437.  In  what  ocean  are  the  Japan  Islands  ? 

438.  What  ocean  between  Africa  and  Australia  ? 

439.  What  peninsula  lies  between  the  Arabian  Sea  and 
the  Bay  of  Bengal  ? 

440.  In  what  direction  is  San  Francisco  from  the 
Iithmus  of  Darien  ? 

441.  Does  the  greater  part  of  the  area  of  the  United 
8tates  (including  territories)  lie  east  or  west  of  the  Mia- 
i isfiippi  river  ? 

442.  What  territory  between  Kansas  and  Utah  ? 

443.  What  state  between  Utah  and  California? 

444.  Which  has  the  greater  elevation  above  the  ocean  j 
Lake  Erie  or  Lake  Huron  ! 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


445.  What  large  town  ol  Massachusetts  is  situated  on  the 
Boston  and  Albany  railroad,  about  midway  between  Bos- 
ton and  Springfield  ? 

446.  Which  is  the  least  populous  county  of  the  State  of 
New  Yorkf 

447.  What  river  rises  in  the  State  of  New  York  and* 
empties  into  the  Chesapeake  Bay  ? 

448.  What  State  bounds  Tennessee  on  the  east  ? 

449.  What  sea  lies  south  of  the  West  Indies  ? 

450.  What  is  the  capital  of  Brazil  ? 

451.  Of  what  country  is  Santiago  the  capital  f 

452.  Mention  one  of  the  countries  of  South  America 
wholly  in  north  latitude. 

453.  What  country  of  South  America  is  between  Co- 
lombia and  Peru  ? 

454.  What  range  of  mountains  separates  Spain  and 
Portugal  from  the  rest  of  Europe  ? 

455.  What  river  empties  into  the  North  Sea  at  the 
Hague  ? 

455.  Mention  one  of  the  rivers  that  empty  into  the 
Caspian  Sea. 


Examination  XX.    Feb.  28 \  187 S. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

457.  What  general  name  is  given  to  the  several  parti 
into  which  the  whole  of  the  earth's  surface  is  divided  by 
the  tropics  and  polar  circles  ? 

458.  What  lines  on  maps  indicate  north  and  south  direo. 
tions? 

459.  What  large  river  of  North  America  empties  into 
the  Pacific  ocean  ? 

460.  What  peninsula  south  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  ? 

461.  Mention  the  largest  river  that  empties  into  Lotg 
Island  Sound. 

463.  What  mountain  chain  traverses  Vermont  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

463.  Mention  the  largest  river  within  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire. 

464.  What  general  name  is  given  to  the  mountains  west 
of  Lake  Champlain  ? 

465.  Mention  a  tributary  of  the  Potomac  river. 

466.  What  large  city  is  situated  at  the  junction  of  the 
Allegany  and  Monongahela  rivers  ? 

467.  On  what  river  is  the  capital  of  Virginia  situated  ? 

468.  What  lake  lies  between  Michigan  and  Wisconsin  ? 

469.  What  large  city  is  situated  in  the  south-western 
part  of  Ohio  ? 

470.  Mention  a  city  in  the  eastern  part  of  Wisconsin. 

471.  What  two  rivers  having  the  same   name  empty 
Into  the  Gulfs  of  Mexico  and  California,  respectively  ? 

472.  What  is  the  capital  of  Minnesota  ? 

473.  Mention  one  of  the  four  provinces  of  the  Dominion 
of  Canada. 

474.  What  country  of  South  America  bounds  Colombia 
on  the  east  ? 

475.  In  what  direction  is  England  from  Spain  ? 

476.  What  is  the  capital  of  Norway  ? 

477.  What  large  city  is  situated  between  the  Black  Sea 
and  the  Sea  of  Marmora  ? 

478.  What  country  bounds  the  Chinese  Empire  on  the 
north  ? 

479.  What  mountains  are  situated  in  the  north-western 
part  of  Africa  ? 

880.  What  large  river  empties  into  the  Gulf  of  Guinea  ? 


Examination  XXI.    June  6,  7873, 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

481.  What  part  of  the  earth's  surface  has  no  sunlight  at 
the  time  of  our  midsummer  ? 

482.  Mention  one  of  the  conditions  upon  which  climat* 
depends. 


THE   REGENTS    QUESTION8. 


483.  Which  zone  contains  most  of  the  coral  inlands  ? 

484.  In  what  general  direction  does  the  Gulf  Stream 
flow  off  the  United  States  coast  ? 

485.  In  what  ocean  is  the  geographical  centre  of  the 
Eastern  Hemisphere  ? 

486.  Which  grand  division  lies  partly  in  the  Eastern 
and  partly  in  the  Western  Hemisphere  ? 

487.  What  province  bounds  Maine  on  the  east  ? 

488.  Among  what  mountains  does  the  Hudson  river 
rise? 

489.  What  river  flows  between    South  Carolina   and 
Georgia  ? 

490.  On  what  river  is  St.  Louis  situated  ? 

491.  What  ocean  receives  the  principal  drainage  of 
South  America  ? 

492.  What  country  lies  almost  wholly  on  the  western 
slopo  of  the  Andes  mountains  ? 

493.  What  is  the  name  of  that  arm  of  the  ocean  into 
which  the  Parana  river  empties  ? 

494.  What  is  the  capital  of  the  Argentine  Republic? 

495.  What  sea  lies  west  of  Denmark  ? 

496.  Of  what  empire  is  Vienna  the  capital  ? 

497.  Through  what  country  does  the  lower  part  of  "the 
Danube  flow  ? 

498.  In  what  country  of  Asia  is  the  river  Ganges  ? 

499.  What  sea  forms  part  of  the  northern  boundary  of 
Persia  ? 

500.  Mention  one  of  the  large  rivers  of  the  Chinese 
Empire. 

501.  In  what  ocean  i6  Madagascar? 

502.  Which  extends  further  south  :  Africa,  Australia  or 
South  America  ? 

503.  Mention  one  of  the  ranges  of  mountains  between 
the  Red  Sea  and  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

504.  Towards  which  pole  does  the  sun  cast  shadows  at 
midday,  in  the  south  temperate  zone  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  XXII.    Aroy.   ?,  7873. 

(9:00-10:30  A.  M.) 

405-609.  Mention  and  bound  each  of  the  five  zones. 

510.  Which  State  of  New  England  has  the  highest 
mountains  ? 

511-518.  What  States  east  of  the  Mississippi  river  have 
neither  sea  nor  lake  coast  ? 

514-516.  What  States  border  on  Lake  Superior  ? 

517.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  boundary  between 
New  York  and  Pennsylvania  ? 

518.  Through  what  States  does  the  Mississippi  flow  ? 
519-520.  What  parallels  of  latitude  form  parts  of  the 

northern  boundary  of  the  United  States  t 

521-522.  Wbich  are  tbe  two  largest  of  the  West  India 
Islands  ? 

523-524.  Mention  two  countries  of  South  America  that 
are  crossed  by  the  equator. 

525.  What  country  of  South  America  lies  wholly  upon 
the  western  slope  of  the  Andes  Mountains  ? 

526-528.  Mention  three  peninsular  countries  in  the 
south  of  Europe. 

529-532.  Mention  the  four  countries  comprised  in  the 
British  Isles. 

533-535.  What  three  noted  rivers  of  Europe  rise  among 
tbe  Alps  ? 

536-538.  Into  what  sea  do  each  of  these  three  riven 
(533-535)  empty  ? 

539.  What  important  country  of  Asia  consists  of  islands 
only? 

540.  What  strait  at  the  eastern  extermity  of  Siberia  ? 
541-542.  What  are  the  two  largest  rivers  of  Africa  ? 
548.  What  sea  is  connected  with  the  ocean  by  the  Strait 

of  Bab  el  Mandeb  ? 

544.  What  country  of  Africa  borders  on  the  Strait  of 
Gibraltar  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXIII.    Feb.  27,  7876. 
(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

What  great  circle  separates  (545)  the  Northern  from  the 
Southern  Hemisphere ;  and  what  one  (546)  the  Eastern 
from  the  Western  ? 

547.  Does  the  Northern  or  the  Southern  Hemisphere 
contain  more  land  surface  ;  and,  in  like  manner,  (54.8)  the 
Eastern  or  the  Western  ? 

Mention,  as  nearly  as  you  can  in  the  order  of  size, 
beginning  with  the  largest,  the  six  grand  divisions  of 

land    on    the   Earth's    surface :      (549) ;    (550) ; 

(551) ;  (552) ;  (553) ;  (554) . 

Mention  in  like  order  as  above,  the  five  oceans  :  (555) 
;  (556) ;  (557) ;  (558) ;  (559) . 

Give  the  (560)  latitude,  and  the  (561)  longitude  (from 
Greenwich)  of  the  central  point  on  the  map  of  the  West- 
ern Hemisphere. 

Mention  the  largest  gulf  on  the  American  side  of  the 
(562)  Atlantic,  and  (563)  Pacific  Oceans,  respectively. 

Mention  five  of  the  lakes  drained  by  the  river  St.  Law- 
rence:     (564) ;     (565)- ;     (566) ;     (567) ; 

(568) . 

What  two  peninsulas  and  large  intervening  islands 
partially  separate  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  from  the  Caribbean 
Sea?    (569) ;  (570) ;  (571) . 

572.  What  body  of  water,  in  size  approaching  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico,  is  comprised  within  the  limits  of  North 
America  ? 

Mention  five  of  the  seas  into  which  a  vessel  might  sail 

going  eastward  from  the  Strait  of  Gibraltar  :    (573) ; 

(574) ;  (575) ;  (576) ;   (577) . 

Mention  four  bodies  of  water  (seas,  gulfs  and  bays)  into 
which  a  vessel  may  sail  from  the  Indian  Ocean :    (578) 

;  (579) ;  (580) ;  (581) . 

Mention  three  inland  Asiatic  Seas,  each  having  no  out- 
let :    (582) ;  (583) ;  (584) . 


GEOGRAPHY. 

Examination  XXIY.    June  5,  187&* 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

685-587.  Give  three  proofs  that  the  earth  is  spherical. 

588.  What  is  the  situation  of  places  whose  time  of  day 
agrees  with  oar  own  ? 

589.  What  is  the  situation  of  places  which  have  the 
■ame  length  of  day  and  night  that  we  have  ? 

590.  In  what  ocean  is  a  ship  which  is  in  10°  S.  latitude 
and  70°  E.  longitude  from  Greenwich  ? 

591.  By  what  two  bodies  of  water  are  the  Arctic  and 
Pacific  Ocean  connected  ? 

592.  Draw  the  outline  of  a  hemispherical  map,  with  the 
usual  number  of  great  and  small  circles ;  (593)  indicate 
the  point  of  no  latitude  and  no  longitude  by  a  0;  (594) 
and  mark  its  number  of  degrees  on  each  parallel  and 
meridian  represented. 

595.  To  what  great  river  system  does  Lake  Champlaln 
belong  ? 

596.  Bound  the  State  of  Connecticut. 

597-599.  What  three  groups  of  islands  are  included  in 
the  West  Indies  ? 

600-601.  What  peninsula  and  island  are  partly  in  the 
Eastern  and  partly  in  the  Western  Hemisphere  ? 

602.  What  is  the  season  of  the  year  at  Cape  Horn  in 
July? 

603.  What  European  sea  borders  on  the  Arctic  Ocean  ? 
604-608.  Mention  five  ranges  of  mountains  each  either 

within  or  bordering  upon  Europe. 

609-614.  Mention  six  of  the  islands  of  the  Mediterranean 
sea? 

615-618.  Mention  four  seas  which  form  parts  of  tha 
western  boundary  of  Asia. 

619.  On  what  river  is  Nankin  situated  ? 

620-622.  Of  what  three  divisions  does  Oceanica  consist  ? 

623-624.  What  is  the  largest  island  adjacent  to  Africa, 
and  what  body  of  water  separates  them  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


l£xami?iation  XXY.    Aor.  6,  787&» 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

625-626.  What  parallels  of  latitude  are  in  the  northern 
boundary  of  the  United  States  ? 

627.  What  river  rises  in  Pennsylvania  and  flows  north 
through  New  York  into  Lake  Onta'rio  ? 

628.  Is  the  southern  point  of  Florida,  or  the  mouth  of 
the  Rio  Grande,  further  south  ? 

629.  What  is  the  distance,  in  statute  miles,  from  the 
most  southern  limit  of  the  United  States,  in  about  26°  N. 
latitude,  to  the  northern  boundary,  on  the  meridian  of 
that  limit  ? 

630.  What  river  rises  in  the  United  States  whose  wateri 
flow  through  a  lake  into  Hudson's  Bay  ? 

631.  What  river  is  between  Lower  Canada  (or  Province 
of  Quebec)  and  Upper  Canada  (or  Ontario)  ? 

632.  What  two  Provinces  of  British  America  are  wholly 
south  of  the  river  St.  Lawrence  ? 

633.  What  is  the  general  direction  of  peninsulas? 
634-635.  What  is  the  extent  north  and  south  of  South 

America  in  degrees  and  in  miles,  the  latitude  of  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama  being  9°  north  ? 

636-637.  What  are  the  two  principal  water  sheds  of  the 
United  States  ? 

638-639.  Wrhat  river  of  Africa  empties  into  the  Mediter- 
ranean, and  through  which  part  does  it  flow  ? 

640.  In  what  zone  is  the  highest  civilization  ? 

641.  Where  are  the  Islands  of  Japan? 

642-645.  What  four  seas  on  the  eastern  coast  of  Asia  t 

646.  Of  what  does  the  British  Empire  consist  ? 

617.  What  islands  in  the  Mediterranean  belong  to  Great 
Britain  ? 

648-655.  Through  what  bodies  of  water  will  a  ship  past 
on  the  shortest  way  from  London  to  Calcutta  ? 

656-659.  What  countries  of  Europe  touch  the  Baltic 
Bea,  and  what  (660-664)  the  Mediterranean  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  XXYI.    feb.  26,  7875, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

665.  What  is  Latitude;  (666)  on  what  circle  is  it 
measured  ;  (667)  are  degrees  of  Latitude  of  equal  length  ? 

668.  What  points  on  the  earth's  surface  have  the  great- 
est latitude,  and  what  is  it  ? 

669.  How  many  statute  miles  in  a  degree  of  latitude  ? 

670.  The  length  of  a  degree  of  latitude  being  known, 
how  can  the  earth's  circumference  be  found  ? 

671.  What  is  Longitude ;  and  (672)  from  what  meridian 
or  meridians,  on  your  map,  is  it  reckoned  ? 

673.  How  many  degress  of  longitude  may  there  be  ? 

674.  Are  degrees  of  longitude  of  equal  length  ? 

675.  Where  are  degrees  of  latitude  and  longitude  of 
equal  length  ?  (These  questions  are  on  the  supposition 
that  the  earth  is  a  perfect  sphere.) 

676.  What  is  the  longitude  of  the  Poles  ? 

677.  How  is  the  situation  of  any  place  on  the  earth 
determined  ? 

678.  Bound  the  Atlantic  Ocean. 

679-682.  Mention  four  Atlantic  groups  of  islands. 

683.  What  large  island  partly  in  the  Atlantic  and 
partly  in  the  Arctic  Oceans? 

684-688.  Mention  five  groups  of  islands  in  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  included  in  Occanica. 

689.  In  what  general  direction  will  a  ship  sail  in  going 
from  New  York  to  Liverpool  ? 

690-694.  Which  are  the  five  principal  bays  on  the 
Atlantic  coast  of  the  United  States  ? 

Describe  the  (695)  Hudson  and  the  (696)  Connecticut 
rivers ; — where  each  rises,  in  what  direction  it  flows,  and 
where  it  empties. 

697.  Mention  and  describe  the  largest  river  which  flowi 
Into  Delaware  Bay. 

698-700.  Mention  the  three  largest  rivers  of  South 
America  which  flow  into  the  Atlantic 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


701.  Mention  five  countries  of  South  America  which 
border  on  the  Atlantic,  (702)  four  on  the  Pacific,  (703)  one 
wholly  inland,  and  (704)  six  countries  of  Asia. 


Examination  XXYII.    Ju?ie  &,  1875. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

705.  In  what  general  direction  do  the  rivers  of  the 
Eastern  and  Middle  States  flow,  and  (706)  those  of  the 
Southern  States  which  empty  into  the  Atlantic  ? 

709-709.  Mention  three  rivers  which  empty  into  Long 
Island  Sound. 

What  large  river  empties  into  (710)  New  York  Bay  ? 
(711)  into  Delaware  Bay?  (712)  into  Chesapeake  Bay? 

713.  What  river  forms  about  half  of  the  southern 
boundary  of  the  United  States  ? 

714.  Mention  the  most  extensive  river  basin  of  the 
United  States ;  (715)  where  does  this  basin  begin  on  the 
nortb,  and  (716)  where  terminate  south  ? 

717.  Mention  five  States  on  the  eastern,  and  (718)  five 
on  the  western  slope  of  this  basin. 

Mention  two  rivers  in  the  northern  part  of  the  United 
States  whose  sources  are  near  each  other ;  (719)  one  of 
which  empties  into  the  Pacific,  and  (720)  and  the  other  by 
the  Mississippi  into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

721.  Mention  the  four  great  lakes  between  the  United 
States  and  Canada;  (722)  what  large  lake  connected 
with  these  is  wholly  in  the  United  States  ? 

723.  What  extensive  mountain  chain  in  the  western  part 
of  the  United  States,  and  (724)  what  is  its  general  direc- 
tion ?  (725)  What  mountain  chain  in  the  eastern  part, 
and  (726)  what  is  its  direction  ? 

What  (727)  state  and  what  (728)  province  bound  the 
Eastern  States  on  the  west  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


729-733.  Tnrough  what  principal  waters  may  the 
products  of  the  western  States  pass  from  Chicago  to 
Montreal  ?  and  (734)  through  what,  by  the  shortest  route, 
from  Chicago  to  New  York  ? 

735.  Mention  the  highest  mountain  of  South  America ; 
(736-738)  mention  three  South  American  countries 
traversed  by  the  Andes  mountains. 

739.  Mention  six  countries  of  Europe  which  border  on 
the  Atlantic  or  on  the  seas  or  bays  connected  with  it,  and 
(740)  five  countries  in  that  part  of  Europe  bordering  on 
the  Mediterranean ;  (741)  bound  Europe. 

742.  What  great  empire  in  the  eastern  part  of  Europe 
and  extending  into  Asia  ?    (743)  Bound  Asia. 

744.  What  countries  of  Africa  border  on  the  Mediter- 
ranean Sea  ? 


Examination   XXVIII.     JYor.    5,    7875. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  m.) 

745.  Within  which  Hemisphere  (northern  or  southern, 
md  eastern  or  western)  is  Australia  included  ? 

746.  Give  a  similar  statement  in  relation  to  the  Hemi- 
spheres within  which  the  Caribbean  sea  is  included. 

Define  the  (747)  equator,  (748)  tropics,  (749)  polar  circles, 
(750)  latitude  and  (751)  longitude. 

752-760.  Write,  in  the  order  of  their  succession  from 
north  to  south,  the  names  of  the  zones  and  of  the  circle* 
which  separate  them. 

What  is  the  (761)  length  and  (762)  breadth,  in  degreei, 
of  the  zone  crossed  by  the  equator  ? 

What  (763)  bay  partly  separates  New  Brunswick  from 
Nova  Scotia ;  and  (764)  what  strait,  Spain  from  Africa  ? 

What  parallels  bound  the  United  States,  (765)  westward 
from  the  Lake  of  the  Woods,  and  (766)  eastward  from 
the  River  St.  Lawrence,  respectively  ? 

767.  What  is  the  outlet  of  Lake  Huron  f 


THE   REGENT8'  QUESTIONS. 


768.  What  is  the  capital  of  California,  and  (769)  on  wnat 
river  is  it  situated  f 

770.  What  river  forms  most  of  the  boundary  between 
Marvland  and  Virginia ;  and  (771)  where  does  it  empty  ? 

772.  Mention  and  describe  the  largest  eastern  branch  of 
the  Mississippi  river. 

773-775.  Name  the  three  largest  of  the  West  India 
Islands. 

776.  What  and  where  is  Terra  del  Fuego  ? 

777.  Wrhat  countries  constitute  Great  Britain  ? 

778.  What  sea  lies  between  Italy  and  Turkey  ? 

779.  Wbat  mountains  on  the  east  of  Norway  ? 

780.  What  larger  river  empties  into  the  Black  Sea  from 
the  west  ? 

781.  What  mountain  between  the  Chinese  Empire  and 
Hjndoostan  ? 

782.  Where  is  the  Empire  of  Japan,  and  (783)  of  what 
does  it  consist  ? 

784.  Where  is  the  Island  of  St.  Helena  (nearest  which 
grand  division,  and  in  wbat  ocean)  ? 


Examination  XXIX,    Feb.  25,   1876. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

785.  What  motion  of  the  earth  causes  the  alternation 
of  day  and  night  ? 

What  is  the  (786)  meridian,  and  what  the  (787)  longitude 
of  a  place  f 

788.  How  does  the  isthmus  differ  from  a  strait  ? 

789.  Which  has  at  any  time  the  longer  day,  Quito  or 
Moscow  ?  (790)  and  why  ? 

791-793.  Of  what  three  departments  does  the  United 
States  government  consist ;  and  of  what  does  each  de- 
partment consist  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Mention  the  (794-795)  two  principal  mountain  systems 
of  the  United  States,  and  (796-799)  four  groups  or  range* 
oelonging  to  the  more  easterly  system. 

800-894.  Mention  five  cities  on  the  Mississippi  and  Its 
tributaries,  and  the  State  in  which  each  is  located. 

805-811.  Through  what  waters  would  a  ship  pass  In 
sailing  from  St.  Louis  to  Constantinople  ? 

iHTOnly  seven  answers  are  called  for,  though  more 
might  be  given. 

813-816.  Mention  and  describe  five  rivers  that  empty 
into  the  Atlantic  or  its  adjacent  bays,  between  the  Hud- 
son and  the  Savannah. 

Mention  a  country  of  South  America  (817)  wholly 
north  of  the  Equator  ;  another  (818)  crossed  .by  the 
Equator  ;  and  a  third  (819)  wholly  south  of  the  Equator, 
but  farther  north  than  Patagonia. 

820.  What  and  where  is  the  Crimea  ? 

821.  Mention  and  describe  a  river  of  Africa  that  empties 
into  the  Mediterranean  Sea. 

822.  What  mountain  range  on  the  joint  border  of 
France  and  Spain ;  (823)  of  Norway  or  Sweden  ;  (824)  of 
Russia  and  Siberia  ? 


Examination  XXX.    June  9,  7876, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

825.  Bound  the  territory  of  the  United  States. 

826.  Through  what  large  bodies  of  water  does  a  part  of 
the  northern  boundary  of  the  United  States  run  ? 

827.  Name  the  New  England  States. 

829-836.  Name  the  other  States  which  border  on  the 
Atlantic. 
537.  What  States  border  on  the  Pacific  ? 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


838.  What  mountain  system  is  nearly  parallel  with  the 
Atlantic  coast ;  (839)  into  what  do  the  rivers  on  the  east- 
ern elope  flow,  and  (840)  into  what  those  on  its  western 
slope  ? 

841.  What  great  mountain  system  of  the  Western 
Hemisphere  is  nearly  parallel  with  the  Pacific,  and  into 
what  do  the  rivers  on  its  (842)  eastern  slope,  and  (843) 
those  on  its  western,  empty  ? 

844.  What  range  of  mountains  in  Oregon  ? 

845-846.  Mention  two  ranges  in  California,  and  (847) 
one  group  in  Arkansas. 

848.  What  four  countries  of  Europe  are  denominated 
empires  ? 

849.  Mention  the  capital  of  each  of  these  empires. 

850.  Which  of  these  empires  extend  into  Asia  ? 

851.  What  territory  has  France  in  Africa  ? 

853-856.  Starting  southerly  from  the  Straits  of  Gibraltar, 
through  what  bodies  of  water  will  a  ship  sail  in  passing 
around  Africa  to  the  place  of  starting  ? 

857.  How  many  times  will  she  cross  the  equator  ? 

858-861.  What  three  prominent  capes,  and  what  large 
island  will  she  pass  ? 

862.  Through  what  waters  will  a  ship  sail  in  passing 
easterly  from  Gibraltar  to  Calcutta;  (863)  what  two 
prominent  capes,  and  (864)  what  large  island  will  she 
pass  during  the  latter  half  of  the  voyage  ? 


Examination  XXXI.    Nov.   70,  7876. 
(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

865.  Which  oceans  each  extend  across  three  zones ;  and 
(866)  what  are  the  names  of  those  zones  ? 

Mention  (867)  two  grand  divisions,  and  (868)  two  large 
Islands  that  are  crossed  by  the  equator. 

869-871.  What  three  large  bodies  of  land  are  crossed  by 
Ihe  tropic  of  Capricorn  ? 


QB0QBJLP1IT. 

872  How  many  degrees  from  Greenwich  is  the  middle 
meridian  of  the  Western  Hemisphere  ? 

873-875.  What  are  the  three  principal  divisions  of 
North  America  ? 

876.  Which  is  the  wider:  the  Atlantic  or  the  Pacific 
side  of  the  United  States  ? 

877-881.  Mention  five  large  bays  and  gulfs  along  the 
Atlantic  side  of  North  America. 

882.  Which  ocean  is  most  interspersed  with  islands  ? 

883.  What  recently  acquired  territory  of  the  United 
States  extends  eastward  from  Behring's  Strait  to  British 
America  ? 

848-885.  Which  two  of  the  United  States  extend  farthest 
south,  and  (886)  what  one  farthest  north  ? 

887.  What  river  forms  part  of  the  north-east  boundary 
of  the  United  States ;  and  (888)  what  river  forms  part  of 
the  south-west  boundary  ? 

889.  What  city  on  the  north  shore  of  Lake  Ontario? 

890-897.  What  States  are  adjacent  to  Tennessee  ? 

898-900.  What  countries  (excluding  islands)  of  Europe 
are  either  wholly  or  partly  west  of  the  meridian  of 
Greenwich  ? 

901.  In  what  direction  is  Ceylon  from  Japan  ? 

902.  What  gulf  is  connected  with  the  Arabian  Sea  ? 

903.  Under  what  government  is  the  country  between 
the  Mediterranean  and  Black  Seas  ? 

904.  What  great  mountain  chain  north  of  India  ? 


Examination  XXXII.    March  2,  7877. 

(1:30-3:00  p.  M.) 

905.  If  a  line  be  drawn  on  a  map  of  the  world,  from 
Greenland  to  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  what  ocean  will  it 
cross  ?  (906)  From  Alaska  to  Cape  Horn  ?  (907)  From 
Africa  to  Australia  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


908.  How  many  degrees  is  the  Tropic  of  Capricorn 
from  the  North  Polar  circle  ? 

909.  What  mountain  range  is  the  water-shed  between 
the  western  tributaries  of  the  Mississippi  and  the  rivert 
which  empty  into  the  Pacific  ? 

910.  What  city  on  an  island  in  the  St.  Lawrence  op- 
posite the  mouth  of  the  Ottawa  river  ? 

911-914.  What  States  are  drained  in  part  by  the  Con- 
necticut river  ? 

915.  Near  what  parallel  of  latitude  is  Philadelphia? 

916.  What  parallel  forms  part  of  the  S.  boundary  of 
New  York  ? 

917-922.  Mention  six  states  and  territories  directly  be- 
tween St.  Louis  and  San  Francisco  ? 

923.  Where  is  the  Sierra  Nevada  rauge  ? 

924.  What  city  near  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  ? 
925-926.  What  peninsulas  indent  the  Mexican  Gulf  ? 

927.  What  sea  east  of  Central  America?. 

928.  What  isthmus  between  Mexico  and  Central 
America  ? 

929-930.  Mention  two  countries  of  South  America  that 
are  crossed  by  the  equator  ? 

931.  What  republic  has  Europe  ? 

932.  What  large  peninsula  between  the  Baltic  sea  and 
the  Atlantic  ?  (933)  Between  the  North  sea  and  the 
Baltic  ? 

934.  What  mountain-chain  traverses  Italy  ? 

935.  On  what  river  of  Italy  is  Rome  situated  ? 

936.  What  country  lies  east  of  the  Red  sea  ? 

937.  What  country  north  of  the  Chinese  empire  ? 
93S.  In  which  one  of  the  five  zones  is  most  of  Asia  ? 

939.  What  large  gulf  indents  the  west  coast  of  A  frica  f 

940.  What  large  island  belongs  to  Africa  ? 

941.  Id  what  direction  from  Persia  is  Australia  ? 
942-943.  In  which  two  zones  is  Australia  ? 

944.  To  what  government  does  Australia  belong  f 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  XXXIII.     Ju?ie  S,  7877* 

(1:30-3:00  p.  m.) 
945.  Which  one  of  the  Middle  States  extends  farthest 
iouth,  and  (946),  (947)  which  two  of  the  United  States 
extend  farthest  west  ? 

94S-949.  Mention  the  two  chief  rivers  of  the  state  of 
Maine. 

950.  What  river,  rising  in  New  Hampshire,  passes 
through  the  north-eastern  part  of  Massachusetts  ? 

951.  What  island  forms  the  south-eastern  extremity  of 
Massachusetts  ? 

952.  In  what  state,  and  (953)  on  the  shore  of  what,  is 
Chicago  situated  ? 

953-951.  Describe,  in  a  similar  manner,  the  location  of 
Cincinnati,  and  <955)  (956)  that  of  St.  Louis. 

957-958.  Mention  two  cities  of  Canada  situated  on  the 
St.  Lawrence  river. 

959-961.  What  waters  lie  around  the  group  of  West 
India  Islands  ? 

963-963.  Which  two  of  the  Greater  Antilles  are  smaller 
than  the  other  two  ? 

964-966.  Through  what  principal  bodies  of  water  (i.  e. 
other  than  rivers  and  straits  or  channels)  would  a  ship 
fcail  in  passing  from  London  to  St.  Petersburgh  ? 

967-972.  Answer  the  same  question  for  the  route  from 
Lisbon  to  the  Sea  of  Azof  ? 

973.  Which  extends  farthest  south,  Europe  or  Asia  ? 

974-975.  What  two  ranges  of  mountains  are  on  the 
boundary  line  between  Europe  and  Asia  ? 

976-977.  What  large  body  of  water  is  near  each  end  of 
the  more  southerly  of  these  ranges  ? 

978.  What  sea  lies  between  the  peninsula  of  Corea  and 
China  proper  ? 

979.  Where  are  the  Canary  Islands  ? 


THE   REGENTS'   QUE8TI0NS. 


980-981.  What  countries  of  Africa,  other  than  Egypt, 
border  on  the  Red  Sea  ? 

982.  What  canal  connects  the  Mediterranean  with  the 
Red  Sea  ? 

983.  Which  extends  farther    north,  Africa  or  South 
America  ? 

984.  Which  country  of  Africa  extends  farthest  south  ? 


Examination  XXXIV,    JYov.  9,  7877. 

(1:30—3:00  P.  M.) 

985.  In  what  ocean  is  a  vessel  whose  latitude  is  40°  N^ 
and  longitude  40°  W.  from  Greenwich  ? 
986-97.  Between  what  circles  is  the  S.  T.  zone  ? 

988.  What  division  of  water  corresponds  to  an  isthmus  ? 

989.  What  body  of  land  corresponds  to  a  lake  ? 

990.  What  river  is  the  outlet  of  the  great  lakes  of 
North  America  ? 

991.  In  what  state  are  the  White  Mountains  ? 

992.  What  large  island  forms  part  of  the  State  of  New 
York? 

993.  What  river  on  the   western  boundary  of   New 
Jersey  ? 

994.  What  river  on  the  southern  and  western  boundary 
of  Maryland  ? 

995.  On  what  river  is  the  capital  of  the  U.  S.  ? 

996.  By  what  is  Lousiana  bounded  on  the  west  ? 
997-999.  Mention  the  three  largest  cities  of  the  U.  8. 

west  of  the  meridian  of  Washington,  and  north  of  the 
parallel  of  New  Orleans. 
1000-4.  On  what  lakes  does  Michigan  border  ? 

1005.  What  parallel  of  latitude  forms  part  of  the  north- 
ern boundary  of  Minnesota  ? 

1006.  What  territory  bounds  Oregon  on  the  North  f 


THB  BEGENTg'   QUESTIONS. 


1007-8.  In  what  two  zones  is  Mexico? 

1009.  What  large  Island  does  a  vessel  pass  in  entering 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  from  the  Atlantic  ? 

1010.  What  is  the  longitude  of  Greenwich,  reckoning 
from  Washington  as  prime  meridian  ? 

In  what  direction  from  England  is  (1011)  Ireland  ?  (1012) 
Scotland  ?    (1013)  Wales  ?    (1014)  Spain  ? 

1015.  What   country  occupies  the  whole  of  northern 
Asia? 

1016.  What  large  gulf  on  the  western  coast  of  Africa, 
and  (1017)  what  large  river  flows  into  it  ? 

1018.  What  is  the  largest  city  in  E^ypt  ? 

1019.  In  what  ocean  is  Polynesia? 

1020.  What  is  the  latitude  of  the  Tropic  of  Capricorn  t 
1021-23.  Mention  three   large    Islands  lying  between 

Australia  and   the  eastern  part  of  Asia ;  and  (1024)  one 
near  Hindostan,  on  the  side  toward  Australia. 


Examinatio?*  XXXV,    March  /,  7878. 

(1:15—2:45  P.  m.) 

1025.  How  long  is  the  day  at  either  Pole  ? 

1026.  When  does  the  day  begin  and  end,  at  the  North 
Pole? 

1027.  Which  is  farther  from  Albany,  a  point  10°  north, 
or  one  10°  west  of  it ;  and 

1028.  Why  \ 

1029-33.  Mention  five  lakes  wholly  within  the  State  of 
New  York. 
1034.  What  is  the  capital  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada? 
1035-38.  Mention  the  provinces  of  that  Dominion. 

1039.  What  lakes  does  the  Welland  Canal  connect  t 

1040.  What  bay  on  the  eavct  of  Lake  Huron,  and 

1041.  What  one  on  the  west  ? 


THE  REGENTS'    QUE8TIOH8. 


1042.  Between  what  two  rivers  is  Philadelphia  ? 

1043.  What  is  the  capital  of  Denmark  ? 

1044.  Into  what  does  the  Danube  empty  ? 

1045.  Which  is  the  largest  of  the  Sandwich  Islands? 

1046.  Mention  a  river  in  Africa  south  of  the  Equator. 

1047.  What  is  the  capital  of  Japan  ? 

1048.  To  which  ocean  doe-*  the  Gulf  of  Guinea  belong  f 
1049-50.  State  two  conditions  which  determine  climate. 
1051-53.  Give  three  proofs  of  the  form  of  the  earth. 

1054.  What  is  a  watershed  ? 

1055.  Describe  the  position  of  the  tropics  on  the  globe. 

1056.  Glasgow  and  Edinburgh : — which  is  on  the  east 
and  which  on  the  west  6ide  of  Scotland  ? 

1057.  The  Rivers  Rhine  and  Rhone: — which  is  the 
French  and  which  is  the  German  river;  and  (1058) which 
runs  northerly  and  which  southerly  ? 

1059-64.  Name  in  their  order  the  states  and  territories 
crossed  by  the  direct  line  from  St.  Louis  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. 


Examination  XXXY1.    June  7,  7878. 

(1:15— 2:45  P.  M.) 

1065-68.  Define  continent,  peninsula,  promontory, 
plateau. 

1069-70.  Which  continents  are  crossed  by  the  tropic 
of  Cancer  and  which  by  the  tropic  of  Capricorn  ? 

1071-  72.  Should  a  traveler  go  to  the  point  on  the  earth's 
surface  directly  opposite  Greenwich,  in  which  hemis- 
pheres (northern  or  southern,  and  eastern  or  western), 
and  in  which  great  division  of  land  or  of  water,  would 
he  be? 

1073.  Which  of  the  six  continents  has  the  most  irre- 
gular outline,  in  proportion  to  its  size  ? 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


1074.  Which  pole  is  now  in  darkness?  (1075)  When 
did  it  pa6s  into  darkness,  and  (1076)  when  will  it  again 
come  into  sunlight  ? 

1077-79.  If  the  inclination  of  the  earth's  axis  were  to 
become  30°,  what  changes  would  the  several  zones  un- 
dergo, as  to  extent  ?  Make  a  diagram  or  map  of  the 
tones,  and  insert  dotted  lines  to  show  their  extent  on 
the  supposition  made. 

1080-82.  Name  three  rivers,  each  forming  part  of  the 
boundary  between  the  United  States  and  some  other 
division  of  North  America. 

1083.  Which  is  the  most  westerly  of  the  lakes  wholly 
within  the  State  of  New  York,  and  (1084)  by  what  rivers 
does  it  reach  the  sea  ? 

1085-88.  Name  three  rivers  that  empty  into  Lake  On- 
tario on  the  side  of  New  York,  and  one  that  empties  into 
Lake  Champlain. 

1089-93.  What  five  State  capitals  east  of  the  Mississippi 
river  are  in  about  the  same  latitude  as  Philadelphia? 
Draw  a  small  outline  map  of  these  five  States,  in  connec- 
tion, and  the  location  of  their  capitals. 

1094-95.  To  what  two  river  systems  do  the  rivers  of 
Ohio  belong? 

1096-98.  Which  three  of  the  United  States  border  on 
Lake  Superior  ? 

1099.  What  country  of  South  America  touches  both  the 
Carribean  sea  and  the  Pacific  ocean  ? 

1100.  By  what  seas  and  (1101)  oceans  is  Africa  chiefly 
bounded  ? 

1102.  Name  one  of  the  large  lakes  regarded  as  sourest 
of  the  Nile. 
1103-4.  Name  and  describe  two  rivers  of  Asia. 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXXVII.    Nov.  8,  1878. 

(1:15— 2:45  p.  M.) 

1105-6.  What  is  the  Gulf  Stream?    Give  its  course. 
HOT.  What  influence  does  it  have  on  the  climate  of 
countries  along  whose  coast  it  flows  ? 
1108-12.  What  races  of  people  are  there  ? 

1113.  Which  race  has  the  highest  civilization  ? 

1114.  What  has  given  to  the  city  of  New  York  its 
great  commercial  superiority  ? 

1115.  Describe  the  chief  river  of  New  York. 

1116.  To  what  place  is  it  navigable  ? 

1117-23.  Name  the  counties  in  order  on  its  east  side, 
as  far  north  as  Lake  Champlaiu. 

1124-31.  Name  those  on  Lake  Ontario  and  the  river 
St.  Lawrence. 

1132.  On  what  lake  is. Buffalo?    1133.  Piattsburgh  ? 

1134-35.  What  city  of  Connecticut  is  on  Long  Island 
Sound,  and  for  what  is  it  distinguished? 

1136-38.  Name  three  cities  of  the  United  States  hav- 
ing the  greatest  population,  and  in  their  order. 

1139.  What  important  commercial  city  on  the  Ohio 
rRiver?  1140.  On  Lake  Michigan?  1141.  On  the  Mis- 
sissippi, above  New  Orleans  ? 

1142.  What  is  the  latitude  of  the  extreme  northern 
cape  of  Africa  (within  two  degrees)  ? 

1143.  What  of  the  extreme  southern  cape  ? 

1144.  What  is  the  length  of  Africa  in  miles  ? 

1145.  Will  it  be  noon  at  places  east  of  a  given  meri- 
dian earlier,  or  later,  than  on  that  meridian  ? 

1146.  What  is  the  difference  of  time  for  one  degree 
difference  of  longitude  ? 

1147-49.  What  three  rivers  in  Europe  rise  near  each 
other,  and  flow,  one  into  the  North  Sea,  one  into  the 
Mediterranean,  and  one  into  the  Black  Sea  ? 

1150.  What  empire  extends  from  the  Black  Sea  to 
the  Arctic  Ocean  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


1151.  To  what  sea  does  the  Austrian  Empire  extend  ? 
1152-53.  To  what  two  seas,  the  German  Empire  ? 

1154-56.  What  bodies  of  water  wash  the  shores  of 
France  ?    1157-58.  Of  Spain  ? 

1159.  Where  is  the  Island  of  Cyprus  ? 

1160.  Under  what  European  power  is  Hindostan  ? 
1161-62.  What  two  empires  are  partly  in  Europe  and 

partly  in  Asia '? 
1163-64.  Name  the  capitals  of  Germany  and  Austria. 


Special  Examination. 

(Supplementary  to  No.  XXXVII,  protest  having  been 
made  against  Questions  1117-31.  Schools  so  desiring 
were  permitted  to  use  this  examination  instead.  Time, 
one  hour  and  a  half. ) 

1165.  Through  what  strait  is  the  entrance  into  Baffin's 
Bay? 

1166.  What  laud  on  the  east  of  that  bay  and  strait  ? 

1167.  What  strait  separates  Alaska  from  Asia  ? 

1168.  What  province  of  British  America  between 
Alaska  and  the  United  States  ? 

1169.  What  large  bay  extends  south  into  British 
America  ? 

1170.  What  is  the  southern  part  of  that  bay  called  ? 
1171-72.  What  are  the  two  great  mountain  systems 

of  North  America  ? 

1173.  Which  of  these  systems  gives  rise  to  the  largest 
rivers  ? 

1174.  On  which  slope  do  these  rivers  flow  ? 

1175.  Why  are  the  rivers  on  the  western  slope  of  this 
system  smaller  than  those  on  the  eastern  slope  ? 

1176.  What  city  on  the  Mississippi  River  a  little  below 
the  mouth  of  the  Missouri  ? 

1177.  What  city  in  Ohio  on  the  Ohio  River  ? 

1178.  What,  in  Kentucky  ? 


THE    REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


1179-80.  What  city  at  the  head  of  Lake  Michigan,  and 
in  what  State  is  it  ? 

1181.  What  city  at  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  New 
York  Central  Railroad  ? 

1182.  What  one  at  the  western  extremity  ? 
1183-85.  Name  three  cities  between  those  at  the  ex- 
tremities of  the  same  road. 

1186.  In  what  direction  will  a  ship  sail  from  San  Fran- 
cisco to  Japan  ? 

1187.  What  is  the  great  mountain  system  of  South 
America  ? 

1188-90.  What  are  the  three  great  rivers  of  South 
America  ? 

1191.  Why  are  they  great? 

1192.  What  large  empire  in  South  America  ? 

1193.  What  is  the  form  of  government  of  the  other 
countries  of  South  America  ? 

1194.  How  can  a  ship  pass  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific  without  going  around  Cape  Horn  ? 

1195.  What  sea  bounds  Europe  on  the  south  ? 

1196.  What  ocean  on  the  north  V 

1197-98.  Name  two  seas  in  the  northern  part  of 
Europe. 

1199-1200.  Name  two  gulfs  in  the  Baltic  Sea. 

1201-3.  What  mountains,  river,  and  sea  make  the 
eastern  boundary  of  Europe  ? 

1204-5.  What  two  islands  between  Italy  and  Spain  ? 

1206.  What  ocean  bounds  Asia  on  the  north  ? 

1207.  What  on  the  east  ? 

1208.  What  on  the  south  ? 

1209.  What  country  extends  across  the  northern  part 
of  Asia  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  XXXVIII.  Feb.  28, 1879. 

(1:15— 2:45  P.  M.) 

Draw  a  circle  to  represent  the  ordinary  hemispherical 
map  :  then 

1210.  Locate  and  name  the  poles  and  the  equator. 

1211-14.  Also,  the  circles  which  mark  the  divisions  of 
the  earth's  surface  into  zones,  and  name  these  circles. 

1215.  Mark  the  latitude  of  each  of  these  circles. 

1216.  Write  the  names  of  the  zones  in  their  proper 
places  on  the  map. 

1217-19.  What  countries  of  the  western  hemisphere 
are  wholly  or  partly  in  the  north  temperate  zone  ? 

1220-21.  What  countries  of  North  America  are  wholly 
or  partly  in  the  torrid  zone  ? 

1222-25.  Bound  the  county  in  which  you  now  are. 

1226-32.  Describe  the  northern  boundary  of  the 
United  States,  from  the  Pacific  Ocean  to  New  Hampshire. 

1233-34.  What  States  on  the  Mexican  boundary  ? 

1235-38.  Name  the  four  capes  on  the  extreme  north, 
east,  south,  and  west  coasts  of  South  America. 

1239-40.  By  what  European  nations  was  South  Ame- 
rica colonized"?  and,  1241.  Is  any  part  now  subject  to 
either  of  those  nations? 

1242-43.  What  are  the  forms  of  government  in  South 
America  ? 

1244-46.  Name  three  principal  projections  of  land 
(peninsulas)  on  the  western  coast  of  Europe  ? 

1247-4^.  Name  two  extending  into  the  Mediterranean. 

1249.  In  what  zone  is  the  greater  part  of  Europe? 

1250-52.  What  countries  of  Europe  are  partly  in  the 
frigid  zone  ? 

1253-54.  What  channel  and  strait  separate  England 
from  France  ? 

1255-56.  Name  the  capital  of  France  and  the  river  on 
which  it  is  located. 

1257.  What  seaport  of  France  on  the  Mediterranean  ? 


TEE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


1258-61.  Name  and  locate  four  mountain  ranges  in 
Europe. 

1262-63.  What  country  in  Asia  is  under  the  British 
Government,  and  what  is  its  capital  ? 

1264-66.  What  three  groups  of  islands  on  the  north- 
west coast  of  Africa  '? 

1267-68.  Mention  two  lakes  of  Africa,  under  the  equa' 
tor,  sources  of  the  Nile. 

1269.  What  large  river  of  Africa  empties  into  the 
Atlantic  ? 


Examination  XXXIX.    June  6,  1879. 

(1:15—2:45  p.  m.) 
1270.  Which  ocean  has  the  least  coast  line? 
1271-72.  Give  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  torrid 
zone,  in  degrees. 

1273.  What  is  the  season  of  the  year  at  the  Cape  of 
Good  Hope,  in  July  ? 

1274.  What  noted  group  of  islands  in  the  line  of 
commerce  between  North  America  and  China  ? 

1275.  Which  ocean  receives  the  greatest  amount  of 
drainage  from  North  and  South  America  ? 

1276-77.  Which  two  meridians  bound  the  eastern  and 
western  hemispheres  ? 

1278.  What  river  separates  Oregon  from  Washington 
Territory  ?    1279.  Texas  from  Mexico  ? 

1280.  Into  about  how  many  States  of  the  size  of 
New  York  could  Texas  be  divided  ? 

1281.  What  parallel  forms  part  of  the  northern 
boundary  of  Minnesota  ? 

1282.  In  which  State  are  the  richest  mines  of  copper  ? 
1283.  In  which,  of  coal? 

1284.  What  is  the  U.  S.  form  of  government  ? 
1285-87.  Of  what  three  departments  does  it  consist  ? 
1288.  Through  what  do  vessels  pass  from  Lake  Ontario 
to  Lake  Erie  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

1289-90.  What  rivers  drain  the  lakes  of  Central 
New  York? 

1291-93.  Mention  the  3  largest  of  these  lakes. 

1294-97.  Each  of  two  islands'  of  New  York  is  a 
county  (under  another  name) :  give  the  island  name 
and  the  county  name  of  each. 

1298-1301.  Which  is  the  largest  island  of  New 
York,  and  into  what  counties  is  it  divided? 

1302-4.  Bound  three  countries  of  South  America. 

1305.  What  city  of  France  is  the  seaport  of  Paris? 

1306.  What  mountain  chain  traverses  Italy? 

1307.  What  sea  between  Italy  and  Turkey? 
1308-11 .  Mention  four  great  seas  on  the  west  of  Asia. 

1312.  What  river  empties  into  the  Dead  Sea? 

1313.  What  is  the  capital  of  the  Turkish  Empire? 

1314.  Of  China? 

1315.  Of  Brazil? 

1316.  Of  Ecuador? 

1317.  What  large  island  south  of  Hindoostan? 

1318.  What  tropic  crosses  Hindoostan  and  China? 

1319.  What  is  the  most  noted  product  of  China? 
1320-23.  Mention    the  four    principal   bodies    of 

water  on  the  coast  of  Africa;  and 

1324-25.  Two  islands  in  S.  Latitude,  one  east  and 
one  west  of  Africa. 

1326.  How  is  the  fertility  of  Egypt  annually  re- 
newed? 

1327-29.  In  what  zones  is  Africa? 


Examination  XL.    Nov.  7,  1879. 
(1:15—2:45,  P.  M.) 
1330.  Which  grand  division  has  the  most  exten- 
sive and  elevated  plateaus? 


:he  regents'  questions. 


1331.  What  seaport  has  New  Hampshire? 

1332-35.  Mention  two  cities  on  the  Connecticut 
river,  and  the  state  in  which  each  is  located. 

1336-43.  Write  in  a  column  the  names  of  the 
provinces  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  after 
each  the  name  of  its  chief  city  (or  one  of  its  cities.) 

1344-46.  What  mountains  are  between  Connecti- 
cut river  and  Lake  Champlain?  Between  the  Hud- 
son and  Susquehanna  rivers?  Between  Lake  Cham- 
plain  and  the  St.  Lawrence? 

1347-52.  Mention  3  lakes  and  3  large  rivers  that 
form  part  of  the  boundary  of  N.  Y.  State. 

1353-56.  Mention  the  chief  sea  port  and  the  chief 
lake  port  of  this  state,  and  the  waters  by  which 
boats  pass  (by  the  shortest  route)  between  them. 

•.Mention  the  cities  of  this  state  which  answer  to 
the  following  descriptions : 

1357.  Near  Onondaga  lake. 

1358.  On  the  Genesee  river  near  Lake  Ontario? 

1359.  At  junction  of  Chenango  and  Susquehanna 
rivers. 

1360-62.  Near  junction  of  Mohawk  and  Hudson 
rivers. 

1363.  Near  Penn.  line,  west  of  the  Susquehanna. 

1364.  On  the  St.  Lawrence  river. 

1365-66.  Which  of  the  eastern  states  are  crossed 
by  the  parallel  of  45°  N.  latitude? 

1367-70.  Looking  at  the  map  of  the  U.  S.,  what 
great  central  river  may  be  compared  to  the  trunk  of 
a  tree,  which  are  its  2  chief  opposite  branches,  and 
into  what  large  body  of  water  does  the  trunk  river 
empty? 


GEOGRAPHY. 

1371.  Show  by  a  small  outline  map  the  general 
form  of  S.  America,  and  (1372)  the  location  of  its 
mountain  and  river  systems. 

1373-75.  What  waters  are  nearest  the  Desert  of 
Sahara  on  the  west,  north  and  east? 

1376-80.  Mention,  in  their  order,  the  oceans  and 
grand  divisions  that  would  be  crossed  in  going  east- 
ward from  N.  Y.  city  entirely  around  the  world. 

1381-89.  Mention,  in  their  order,  and  give  loca- 
tion of  other  natural  features,  such  as  large  islands, 
rivers,  seas  and  mountains,  that  might  be  seen  on 
the  same  route,  within  the  north  temperate  zone. 


Examination  XLL     Feb.  27,  1880. 

(1:15—2:45  P.  M.) 

1390-91.  What  bay  and  strait  seperate  British 
America  from  Greenland? 

1392-93.  What  is  the  capital  of  Canada,  and 
where  is  it  situated? 

1394.  What  river  of  North  America  flows  into 
the  Arctic  Ocean?  1395.  Into  the  Gulf  of  Mexico 
from  the  west?    1339.  Into  the  Gulf  of  California? 

1397.  What  chain  of  islands  forms  part  of  the 
southern  boundary  of  Behring's  or  Kamtschatka 
sea? 

1398.  What  peninsula  in  the  southern  part  of  the 
United  States?  and  (1399-1401)  what  waters  border 
upon  it?    1402.  Name  the  principal  river  of  Alaska. 

1403-4  Name  two  Gulfs  on  the  west  coast  of 
South  America. 

1405.  In  what  country  of  South  America  do  the 
Andes  attain  their  highest  elevation? 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


1406-9.  Name  two  of  the  noted  volcanic  peaks  of 
the  Andes,  and  the  country  containing  each. 

1410.  Mention  a  range  of  mountains  in  Brazil. 

1411-12.  What  two  rivers  form  the  Rio  De  La 
Plata? 

1413-17.  Name  five  seas  bordering  upon  Russia. 

1418.  What  cape  at  south-west  extremity  of  Eng 
land? 

1419.  What  connects  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and  the 
Mediterranean  Sea? 

1420.  Name  three  large  islands  in  the  Medi'er- 
ranean  Sea,  and  locate  each. 

1426.  What  is  the  capital  of  Portugal?  1427.  Of 
Spain?    1428.  Of  Denmark? 

1429.  To  what  is  the  name  British  Empire  applied? 

1430.  About  what  proportion  of  the  human  race 
are  under  British  rule? 

1431.  Name  a  river  of  Scotland,  and  (1432)  its 
chief  city. 

1433-34.  Name  two  peninsulas  in  the  south  of 
Asia. 

1435.  What  country  between  the  Persian  Gulf  and 
the  Caspian  sea? 

1436-37.  What  countries  of  Asia  border  upon  the 
Red  Sea? 

1438-40.  Name  three  large  islands  S.  E.  of  Asia. 

1441.  What  large  sea  between  N.  America  and 
Asia?  and  (1442)  what  connects  it  with  the  Arctic 
Ocean? 

1443.  Wl  at  mountains  on  the  N.  coast  of  Africa? 

1444.  What  mountains  near  the  northern  coast  of 
the  Gulf  of  Guinea? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


1445-46.  Through  what  gulf  and  strait  must  a 
vessel  pass  in  sailing  from  the  Indian  Ocean  to  the 
Red  Sea  ? 

1447-49.  Name  three  countries  of  Africa  border- 
ing upon  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  west  of  Egypt. 


Examination  XL II (a),  June  J/.,  1880, 
(1:30-3:00  p.m.) 

1450-51.  What  bay  and  strait  connect  the  Arctic 
and  Atlantic  oceans  ? 

1452-53.  What  sea  and  strait  connect  the  Arctic 
and  Pacific  oceans  ? 

1454-55.  Bound  the  Caribbean  sea  (on  two  sides 
by  groups  of  islands). 

1456-57.  Between  what  two  localities  has  North 
America  its  greatest  extent  ? 

1458.  What  is  the  direction  of  a  straight  line  join- 
these  two  localities  ? 

1459.  What  parallel  of  latitude  approximately  di- 
vides North  from  South  America  ? 

1460-61.  What  is  the  general  direction  of  the  west- 
ern coast  of  North  America  ?  and  of  South  America  ? 

1462-63.  What  line  of  latitude  and  meridian  cross 
each  other  at  the  centre  of  map  of  western  hemi- 
sphere ? 

1464-65.  Considering  the  western  hemisphere  as 
thus  divided  into  quarters  (north-eastern,  north-wes- 
tern, etc.  )  within  which  quarter  does  the  greatest 
part  of  North  America  lie  ?  and  of  South  America  ? 

1466.  Within  which  quarter  are  the  Sandwich  Is- 
lands ? 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


1467.  Within  what  body  of  water  is  the  central 
point  of  the  surface  of  the  eastern  hemisphere  ? 

1468-69.  What  large  sea  and  bay  indent  Asia  on. 
the  south  ?  and  (1470)  what  peninsula  lies  between 
them  ? 

1471-72.  Mention  two  large  islands  between  Aus- 
tralia and  Eastern  Asia,  and  (1473. )  a  peculiar  chain 
of  islands  north-east  of  Asia,  stretching  towards 
North  America. 

1473-77.  What  are  the  several  divisons  of  Great  Brit- 
ain, and  (1478)  what  is  meant  by  the  British  Em- 
pire ? 

1479-^t.  Mention  eig-ht  ssas  that  either  indent  or 
border  upon  Europe, 

1487-88.  What  countries  border  upon  the  bay  of 
Biscay  ? 

1489-98.  Name  ten  countries  of  continental  Europe 
(in  a  column),  and  the  capital  of  each  opposite. 

1499-1503.  Name  five  countries  of  Africa  that  bor- 
der on  the  Red  and  Mediteranean  seas.  (1504)  Name 
the  highest  mountain  groups  or  ranges  in  New  York, 
(1505)  South  America,  (1506)  Europe,  and  (1507) 
Asia. 


Examination  XLIIib),  June  18,  1880. 

(1:30-3:00  P.M.) 

1508-15.  Describe  a  voyage  around  the  world  from 
Boston  to  Lisbon,  thence  to  Calcutta  by  the  shortest 
route,  thence  to  Canton,  thence  to  San  Francisco, 
thence  to  Boston,  naming  in  order  the  principal 
bodies  of  water  over  which  you  would  sail  ? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


1516-20.  Locate  each  of  the  cities  named  in  the 
preceding  question. 

1521.  Of  what  would  the  greater  part  of  a  cargo 
from  Canton  to  San  Francisco,  probably  consist  ? 

1522-31.  Name  and  locate  two  mountain  groups, 
three  rivers,  three  lakes,,  and  two  islands  included 
within  the  state  of  New  York. 

1532-34.  Where  are  the  following  articles  exten- 
sively produced :  coffee,  cotton,  spices  ? 

1535.  What  waters  does  the  Erie  Canal  connect  ? 

1536-37.  Name  two  extensive  desert  regions  and 
the  grand  divisions  in  which  eaeh  is  located  ? 

1538.  Which  grand  division  has  the  greatest  extent 
of  coast  line  in  proportion  to  its  size  ? 

1539-41.  Which  grand  divisions  nearly  enclose 
the  Arctic  ocean  ? 

1542-44.  Name  three  important  rivers  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  which  have  large  cities  at  or  near  their 
mouths,  giving  the  names  of  the  cities  ? 

1545-46.  Which  grand  division  is  called  the 
"  Dark  continent, "  and  why  ? 

1547-48.  Name  two  peninsulas  which  extend  in  a 
northerly  direction  ? 

1549-50.  Name  the  largest  river  of  Europe,  and 
the  sea  into  which  it  flows  ? 

1551-52.  What  are  the  two  principal  rivers  of 
Hmdostan  ? 

1553.  What  is  the  principal  mountain  system  of 
Asia  ? 

1554.  What  country  occupies  the  Great  Plain  of 
Europe  ? 


THE   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


1555-58.  What  states  and  territories  border  on 
Mexico  ? 

1559.  What  group  of  large  islands  south-east  of 
Australia  ? 

1560.  In  what  direction  is  Raleigh  from  Chicago  ? 

1561.  What  large  island  in  the  West  Indies  belongs 
to  Great  Britain  ? 

1562-63.  Name  the  largest  rivers  of  British  Ameri- 
ca. 

1564-66.  Give  the  largest  lakes  wholly  within  the 
United  States. 

1567.  What  is  the  principal  tributary  of  the  Miss- 
issippi river  from  the  east  ? 


Examination  XLIV,  Nov.  12,  1880. 
(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

1568.  What  geographical  name  is  given  to  those 
semi-circumferences  of  great  circles  which  end  at 
the  poles :  and  (1569)  what,  to  those  circumferences 
which  cross  the  first  named  lines  at  right  angles? 

1570,  71.  How  are  each  of  these  two  kinds  of  lines 
numbered  on  maps  and  artificial  globes  (i.  e. . ,  where 
does  the  numbering  begin  and  how  far  does  it  ex- 
tend); and  (1572-77)  what  special  names  have  some 
of  them? 

1578.  What  great  circle  divides  the  northern  from 
the  southern  hemisphere;  and  (1579)  what  one  the 
eastern  from  the  western? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Bound  the  south  temperate  zone,  as  follows: 

1580,  81.  First,  by  the  adjacent  zones. 

1582,  83.  Second,  by  the  bounding  lines,  desig- 
nated by  their  proper  names. 

1584,  85.  Third,  by  the  distance  in  degrees  of 
each  bounding  line  from  the  nearer  pole. 

1586,  87.  Which  oceans  cross  three  zones? 

1588-90.  Which  are  the  three  zones  thus  referred 
to;  and  what  is  their  aggregate  width,  (1591)  in  de- 
grees, and  (1592)  in  English  miles? 

1593.  Which  ocean  receives  almost  the  entire 
drainage  of  South  America? 

Which  hemispheres  have  the  greater  water  sur- 
face: (1594)  Northern  or  Southern;  (1595)  Eastern  or 
Western? 

What  are  such  parts  of  the  earth's  surface  called 
as  answer  to  each  of  the  following  descriptions? 

1596.  The  largest  bodies  of  land. 

1597.  Smaller  bodies  of  land,  surrounded  by  water. 

1598.  Small  projecting  parts  of  large  areas  of  land. 

1599.  Projecting  parts  almost  enclosed  by  water. 

1600.  Narrow  necks  of  land  between  large  areas. 

1601.  High  and  steep  or  sloping  masses. 

1602.  High,  broad  and  nearly  level  areas. 

1603.  Low  and  nearly  level  areas. 

1604.  Depressions  between  ridges  of  land. 

1605.  Depressions  more  nearly  circular. 

Where  is  (1606)  the  greatest  elevation,  and  (1607) 
where  the  greatest  depression  of  land  surface,  as 
compared  with  the  level  of  the  sea? 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


1608-10.  Mention  the  three  largest  inland  seas  of 
the  Eastern  continent. 

1611-14.  Into  what  four  chief  political  divisions 
is  North  America  divided? 

1615-18.  Mention  the  four  States  directly  between 
the  Lake  of  the  Woods  and  Louisiana? 

1619-23.  Mention  any  five  continuous  border" 
counties  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

1624.  What  is  the  direction  of  the  Gulf  of  Guinea 
from  Siberia;    and  (1625)  Australia  from  England? 

1626.  The  whole  surface  of  the  earth  contains 
about  how  many  millions  of  square  miles;  and 
(1627)  the  State  of  New  York,  about  how  many 
thousands? 

Examination  XLIV,  March  4,  1881. 
(1:30  to  3:00  p.  m.,  only.) 

1628-9.  Name  the  two  principal  motions  of  the 
earth;  state  how  these  differ  in  respect  to  (1630)  thQ 
centre  of  motion,  and  the  (1631)  time  and  (1632) 
space  in  which  one  motion  of  each  kind  is  com- 
pleted. 

1633.  Define  geography,  and  (1634-6)  three  of  its 
common  branches  or  divisions. 

1637.  To  which  of  these  divisions  does  the  frame- 
work of  a  map  belong  ? 

1638.  What  is  the  estimated  population  of  the 

globe  ? 

1639-43.  Name  the  five  races  of  men,  and  (1644,  5) 
the  two  most  numerous  ones. 

1646,  7.  Give,  as  nearly  as  you  can,  the  latitude 
and  longitude  of  the  place  where  this  examination 


GEOGRAPHY. 

is  held;  and  (1648)  the  length  of  a  degree  of  longi- 
tude at  same  place. 

1649.  "The  land  surface  of  the  globe  consists  of 
about  how  many  millions  of  square  miles  ? 

1650,  1 .  Give  the  relative  size  of  North  America 
and  Asia,  taking  Europe  as  a  unit  of  measure. 

1652,  3,  Mention  the  two  great  mountain  systems 
of  North  America,  and  (1654-7)  two  ranges  or 
groups  of  each  system. 

1658-62,  Which  States  are  nearly  enclosed  by  the 
Mississippi  and  Ohio  rivers  and  the  great  lakes  ? 

What  river  flows  along  the  west  border  of  (1663) 
New  Hampshire?  (1664)  New  Jersey?  (1665) 
Iowa  ?    (1666)  Texas. 

1667.  How  many  of  the  States  of  the  Federal 
Union  are  larger  than  New  York  ? 

1668,  9.  What  States,  and  (1670)  what  province 
opposite  to  them,  are  bounded  by  the  parallel  of  45" 
N.  Latitude  ? 

1671.  Which  county  of  this  State  contains  the 
highest  elevation,  and  (1672)  what  other  county  the 
lowest  land  in  greatest  extent  ? 

Which  has  the  more  elevated  site  above  the  sea- 
level:  (1673)  Buffalo  or  Oswego  ?  (1674)  Syracuse  or 
Ogdensburgh  ?  (1675)  Troy  or  Newburgh  ?  (1676) 
Binghamton  or  Brooklyn  ? 

1677.  Prove  your  answers  to   questions  (1673-6). 

1688,  9.  'What  countries  are  directly  south  of  the 
Caribbean  Sea  ? 

Which  is  the  most  populous  city  of  (1680)  South 
America  ?    (1681)  Africa  ?    (1682)  Scandinavia  ? 


THE    REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


Where  are  (1683)  the  Atlas  mountains  ?  (1684) 
the  Pyrenees  ? 

1685,  6.  Which  oceans  touch  Africa  ? 

1687.  Mention  the  largest  island  of  the  largest  ia- 
and  sea  of  the  eastern  hemisphere. 


Special  Examination,  March,  1881. 

(Supplementary  to  No.  XLIV,  protest  having  been 
made  against  its  difficulty.  Schools  so  desiring  were 
permitted  to  use  this  examination  instead.  Time, 
one  and  one-half  hours) : 

(1688)  What  is  a  meridian?  (1689)  a  prime  merid- 
ian? and  (1690)  what  is  the  number  of  the  merid- 
ian opposite  the  prime  meridian? 

Describe  (1691)  the  equator;  (1692,  3)  the  tropics; 
and  (1694,  5)  the  polar  circles. 

(1696)  What  name  includes  all  these  lines  (1688-95) 
as  belonging  to  a  sphere;  and  (1697,  8)  what  special 
names  distinguish  between  the  first  four  as  a  class, 
and  the  second  four? 

(1699)  What  is  the  western  boundary  of  the  west- 
ern hemisphere? 

Bound  the  north  temperate  zone,  as  follows: 

(1700,  1)  First,  by  the  adjacent  zones. 

(1702,  3)  Second,  by  the  bounding  lines,  designa- 
ted by  their  proper  names. 

(1704,  5)  Third,  by  the  distance  in  degrees  of  each 
bounding  line  from  the  nearer  pole. 

(1706-8)  Within  which  zones  does  North  America 
lie?  and  (1709,  10)  South  America? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


(1711)  Which  ocean  has  the  greater  length,  as 
compared  with  its  breadth? 

(1712)  Where  do  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Oceans 
unite?  and  (1713)  where  else  do  they  most  nearly 
approach  each  other? 

Which  hemispheres  have  the  greater  land  surface, 
(1714)  Northern  or  Southern,  (1715)  Eastern  or 
Western  ? 

(1716)  Mention  the  largest  political  division  of 
South  America;  and  (1717-20)  four  others  bordering 
on  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

(1721-27)  Mention  portions  of  the  route  by  which 
a  vessel,  starting  eastward  from  the  southern  coast 
of  Portugal,  might  sail  to  Behring's  Strait. 

(1728-30)  Mention  three  large  islands  of  the  Medi- 
terranean Sea. 

(1731)  What  sea  between  England  and  Norway? 
and  (1732)  what  one  east  of  Sweden? 

(1733-9)  Bound  Kentucky  by  the  adjacent  states. 

(1740-42)  Mention  three  of  the  larger  lakes  drained 
by  the  Oswego  river. 

Mention  the  counties  of  New  York  that  answer  to 
the  following  descriptions:  (1743)  the  most  westerly; 
(1744)  the  most  northeasterly;  (1745)  the  most  east- 
erly; (1746)  the  most  populous;  and  (1747)  the  least 
populous. 


Examination  XLV,  June  17, 1881i 

(1:15  to  5:45  P.  M.) 

Describe   the  (1748)  Equator;    (1749)   Tropic  of 
Cancer;  (1750)  Antarctic  Circle;  and  state  (1751-3) 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS, 


how  each  of  these  circles  is  situated  with  reference 
to  a  zone  which  contains  or  borders  upon  it. 

Mention  the  chief  natural  divisions  of  (1754)  land, 
and  of  (1755)  water. 

(1756)  What  does  Oceanica  include? 

Which  is  the  (1757)  longest  mountain  range;  (1758) 
largest  gulf;  and  (1759)  largest  fresh-water  lake  of 
the  globe? 

Is  the  earth's  surface  mainly  land,  or  water,  along 
the  (1760)  Equator;  (1761)  Arctic  Circle;  (1762) 
Tropic  of  Capricorn? 

(1763)  Which  meridian  circle  traverses  less  of  land, 
and  more  of  water  surface,  than  any  other? 

(1764-72)  Name  in  their  order  from  east  to  west 
the  northern  border  states  of  the  United  States. 

Mention  the  (1773)  longest  river  of  the  United 
States,  and  (1774-6)  three  of  its  tributaries. 

(1777-9)  What  portions  of  land  nearly  bound  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  on  the  southeast;  and  by  what 
waters  is  it  connected  with  (1780)  the  Caribbean 
Sea,  and  (1781)  the  ocean  proper? 

What  (1782-4)  three  bays  indent  Massachusetts, 
and  (1785)  what  one  Rhode  Island? 

(1786-8)  Mention  three  large  islands  near  the  south 
shore  of  New  England;  and  (1789-91)  the  three 
largest  cities  of  New  York,  north  of  latitude  42°. 

In  what  direction  is  Cincinnati  from  (1792)  Buf- 
falo, and  from  (1793)  Chicago? 

(1794-8)  Mention  five  capital  cities  of  South 
America,  and  the  political  division  to  which  each 
belongs. 


GEOGRAPHY. 


(1799,  1800)  What  countries  border  on  the  Bay  of 
Biscay? 

Between  what  (1801,  2)  grand  divisions,  and 
(1803,  4)  seas  is  the  strait  on  which  Constantinople 
is  situated? 

What  (1805)  sea,  and  (1306)  bay  north  of  the 
Indian  Ocean? 

(1807)  What  mountains  north  of  Hindoostan? 


Examination  XLVI.    Nov.  18,  1881, 

(1:15-2:45  P.  M.) 

(1808)  What  meridian  and  (1809)  which  line  of 
latitude  mark  by  their  intersection  the  centre  of  the 
western  hemisphere? 

(1810)  Where  is  the  centre  of  the  surface  of  the 
southern  hemisphere? 

(1811)  Which  hemispheres  are  projected  upon  the 
plane  of  the  equator? 

(1812-14)  Mention  three  continental  masses  of 
land,  and  (1815-19)  the  grand  divisions  into  which 
any  of  these  are  subdivided, 

(1820-22)  Mention  three  important  groups  of 
islands,  and  (1823-25)  their  location  relative  to  the 
nearest  grand  division. 

What  is  the  general  direction  of  the  mountain 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


systems  (1826)  in  the  old  world,  and  (1827)  in  the 
new? 

(1828-32)  Mention  an  important  mountain  range 
wholly  within  each  of  the  five  grand  divisions,  and 
(1833-37)  give  its  general  direction. 

(1838-47)  Mention  ten  great  arms  or  projections 
(seas,  gulfs,  bays)  of  the  Atlantic  ocean,  as  usually 
shown  on  an  artificial  globe  or  map  of  the  world. 

Mention  the  largest  river  that  empties  into  each 
of  the  following  seas:  (1848)  Caspian;  (1849)  Black; 
(1850)  Mediterranean. 

What  outlet  has  (1851)  the  Black  sea;  (1852)  the 
Mediterranean? 

(1853)  Which  ocean  receives  the  greater  part  of 
the  drainage  of  Africa,  and  chiefly  (1854-58)  by 
what  rivers? 

Give  the  (1859)  latitude  and  (1860)  longitude  of 
Greenwich,  in  England, 

(1861)  Name  the  third  grand  division  in  the  order 
of  size,  and  (1862)  its  extent  in  millions  of  square 
miles. 

(1863)  New  York  State  has  how  many  millions  of 
inhabitants;  (1864)  how  many  thousand  square 
miles;  (1865)  how  many  counties;  and  (1866,  67) 
what  cities  with  a  population  between  75,000  and 
100,000? 


GEOGRAPHY. 


Examination  XLVIL  March  %,  1882* 
(1:15  to  2:45  p.  m.) 

1868-72.  What  rivers  are  the  final  outlets  of  the 
streams  and  lakes  of  New  York  State  ? 

1873-77.  Into  what  gulf  or  bay  does  each  of  these 
rivers  empty  ? 

1878-80.  What  name  is  given  to  the  principal  cur- 
rent of  the  Atlantic  within  the  North  Temperate 
zone  ;  from  what  is  that  name  derived  ;  and  in  what 
general  direction  does  that  current  flow? 

Describe  the  following  straits  by  naming  the  lands 
they  separate  and  the  waters  they  connect : 

1881-82.  Behring's;  (1883-84)  Florida;  (1885, 
86)  Dover. 

1887-88.  Name  two  tributaries  of  the  Ohio  river 
from  the  north,  below  Pittsburgh. 

1889-90.  Which  are  the  two  principal  grains 
raised  in  the  United  States  ? 

1891,  In  which  one  of  the  Middle  States  are  both 
iron  and  coal  abundant  ? 

1892.  What  other  important  mineral  product  is 
obtained  in  large  quantities  from  the  same  State  ? 

1893-94.  How  does  the  climate  of  the  interior  of 
Mexico  differ  from  that  of  the  coast,  and  why  ? 

1895-98.  Name  and  locate  four  cities  of  Great 
Britain. 

1899-1901.  Define  archipelago,  and  give  two  exam- 
ples. 

1902-3.  Define  capital  and  capitol. 

1904.  What  is  the  capital  of  Kansas  ? 


TRE   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


1905-6.  Name  and  locate  the  largest  two  cities  of 
the  United  States,  west  of  the  Appalachian  system. 

1907-10.  Name  three  peninsulas  projecting  from 
the  E.  half  of  Asia,  and  give  their  general  direction. 

1911-14.  What  are  the  four  leading  industrial 
pursuits  of  the  people  of  the  United  States  ? 

1915-16.  What  two  Empires  include  the  greater 
part  of  Asia  ? 

1917-48.  Name  two  branches  of  the  river  Ama- 
zon. 

1919-20.  Name  the  chief  river  and  city  of  Aus 
tralia. 

1921.  For  what  is  Switzerland  (apart  from  its  peo- 
ple) chiefly  noted  ? 

1923-23.  What  territories  of  the  United  States  bor- 
der on  Mexico  ? 

1924-25.  Mention  two  seaports  of  the  Gulf  states. 

1926-27.  What  and  where  is  New  South  Wales  ? 


Examination  XL  VIII.  June  16,  1882. 
(1:15  to  2:45  P.  M,) 

1928.  What  causes  the  regular  succession  of  day 
and  night,  and  (1929-30)  of  the  seasons? 

1931.  Are  meridian  circles  great,  or  small  circles, 
and  (1932)  why? 

1933.  Why  are  the  tropics  in  latitude  23*  degrees 
(nearly)? 

1934.  What  is  longitude,  and  (1935)  how  is  it 
reckoned  ? 

1936.  Which  of  the  five  zones  has  the  greatest 


GEOGRAPHY. 


land  surface,  and  (1937)  which  probably  has  the 
least? 

1938,  39.  Name  two  peninsulas  on  the  eastern 
coast  of  North  America,  and  (1940,  41)  two  on  the 
western. 

1942.  Name  the  chief  river  system  of  the  United 
States,  and  (1943)  give  a  reason,  founded  in  nature, 
for  its  great  extent. 

1944.  In  what  mountain  system  do  most  rivers  of 
the  Atlantic  slope  rise? 

1945-49.  Mention  five  ranges  or  groups  of  the 
mountain  system  referred  to  in  question  1944. 

1950.  Is  there  a  current  in  Lake  Erie,  etc.,  and 
(1951)  what  reason  can  you  give  for  your  answer? 

1952-54.  On  what  waters  could  a  cargo  be  shipped 
from  St.  Louis  to  Boston? 

1955-57.  On  what  lakes  would  one  sail  in  going 
by  water  from  Detroit  to  Chicago? 

Locate  (by  telling  in  what  county,  and  on  what 
waters)  the  following  places:  (1958-59)  Buffalo; 
(1960-61)  Oswego;  (1962-63)  Utica;  (1964-65)  Ithaca; 
(1966—67)  Poughkeepsie. 

1968.  Which  is  the  leading  nation  of  South 
America,  and  (1969)  what  is  its  form  of  government? 

What  bodies  of  water  are  separated,  and  what 
countries  or  political  divisions  are  connected  by — 

1970-73.  The  Isthmus  of  Panama?  and 
1974-77.  The  Isthmus  of  Suez? 
1978.   Why  is  the  climate  of  England  warmer  than 
that  of  Labrador,  in  same  latitudes? 


THE    REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


1979-80.   Name   two   countries  bordering  on  the 
Baltic  sea,  and  (1981-82)  the  capital  of  each. 

1983-85.  What  capes  form,  respectively,  the  east- 
ern, western  and  southern  extremities  of  Africa? 

1986-87.  In  what  zones  is  Australia? 


THE 

,  REGENT'S  QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 


GRAMMAR. 


Examination  I.    JYoy,  7,  7866. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

When  are  words  said  to  be  "derivative"  and  when 
"compound ? "    Give  examples  of  each. 

S.  What  classes  of  words  are  compared  ?  Give  ex- 
amples of  the  regular  comparison  of  words  both  by  pre- 
fixes and  suffixes :  also,  of  irregular  comparison,  and  of 
words  of  the  same  classes  which  do  not  admit  of  com- 
parison. 

3.  What  are  the  names  of  the  different  classes  of 
pronouns  ? 

4.  What  particular  pronouns  are  varied  in  form  to 
denote  gender  ? 

5.  Write  sentences  in  which  the  relatives  toko,  which, 
what  and  that  are  properly  used. 

6.  What  is  meant  by  case  in  nouns  and  pronouns  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


7.  What  properties  (or  modifications,  attributes,  Ac,) 
have  verbs  ? 

8.  What  is  mood  ?  tense  ? 

9.  What  moods  cannot  be  used  in  interrogative  sen- 
tences ? 

10.  What  tenses  can  be  formed  without  auxiliaries  ? 

11.  Give  the  second  person  singular  of  the  verb  be  in 
the  several  moods  and  tenses. 

12.  What  class  of  verbs  admit  of  the  passive  form,  and 
of  which  principal  part  and  which  auxiliary  verb  is  this 
form  constructed  ?  Give  the  first  person  singular  passive 
of  the  verb  see,  in  each  of  the  moods  and  tenses. 

18.  What  are  the  principal  parts  of  the  following  verbs : 
lay,  lie,  lead,  make,  ride,  see,  svrim,  write? 

14.  Of  what  does  syntax  treat  ? 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

Answer  each  of  the  questions  annexed  to  the  following 

sentence : — 

"Of  the  committee  who,  in  June,  1776,  had  been  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  the  plan,  Samuel  Adams  alone  re- 
mained a  member ;  and  even  he  was  absent  when  *  * 
'articles  of  confederation  and  perpetual  union'  were 
adopted,  to  be  submitted  for  approbation  to  the  severa: 
States."— Bancroft's  U.  S.  History,  Vol.  IX,  page  436. 

15.  Of  how  many  propositions  (or  principal  clauses} 
does  the  above  sentence  consist,  and  with  what  word  doei 
each  proposition  end  ? 

16.  Give  the  leading  subject  and  predicate  of  each  pro- 
position ? 

17.  Designate  the  subordinate  (or  auxiliary)  clauses  (o» 
sentences'),  and  the  subject  and  predicate  of  each. 

18.  Point  out  the  several  phrases,  and  the  words  whict 
they  respectively  modify. 

19.  Mention  all  the  connectives,  and  the  words,  phrases, 
Ac.,  which  they  severally  unite. 

20.  What  words,  phrases,  &c,  perform  an  adjective  and 
what  an  adverbial  office  ? 


GRAMMAR, 


21.  What  kind  of  a  noun  is  "committee?"  "June?* 
"approbation?" 

22.  Are  the  following  words  respectively  primitive  or 
derivative:  "appointed,"  "prepare"  "absent,"  "fif- 
teenth," "articles,"  "were,"  "States?" 

23.  Parse,  "who,"  "1776,"  "member,"  "even,"  "toert 
adopted,"  and  "  to  be  submitted." 

24.  Give  the  voice  (or  form),  mood,  tense,  person  and 
number  of  " had  been  appointed"  and  "remained." 


Examination  II    Feb,  28,  7867 > 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

"  The  best  authors  should  be  read  by  the  student,  that 
he  may  thus  insensibly  acquire  a  grace  and  refinement  of 
expression  which  no  arbitrary  rules  can  give." 

25.  Parse  "best"  in  the  above  sentence.  [In  parsing 
any  word,  be  careful  to  give  a  full  statement  of  its  pro- 
perties and  relations,  i.  e.,  its  etymology  and  syntax.] 

26.  Give  the  voice  (or  form),  mood,  tense,  person  and 
number  of  "  should  be  read." 

27.  Decline  "student." 

28.  Parse  "that." 

29.  What  auxiliary  verbs  are  used  in  the  above  sen- 
tence? 

80.  In  what  mood  is  "  acquired." 

81.  In  what  case  is  "refinement." 

82.  Parse  "which." 

83.  Transpose  each  transitive  (or  active)  clause  into  its 
equivalent  passive  form  and  vice  versa,  and  write  out  the 
full  sentence  in  this  changed  form, 

84.  Into  what  simple  sentences  (or  clauses)  can  the  above 
sentence  be  separated  ? 

85.  Give  the  subject  and  predicate  of  each  simple  sen- 
tence. 


THX  RBGBKT8'  QUE8TIOX8. 


8&  Parse  "thus." 

87.  What  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words)  are  not 

eontained  in  this  sentence  ? 

38.  Parse  "tio." 

Pnpils  who  have  sufficient  time  may  add  a  formal  an- 
alysis of  the  above  sentence,  adopting  any  system  with 
which  they  are  familiar. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

89.  Write  the  plural  of  wharf,  axis,  focus,  chemby 
phenomenon. 

40.  What  is  the  difference  between  an  adjective  and  an 
adverb  ? 

41.  Write  a  sentence  having  for  its  predicate  the  passive 
potential  present,  third,  plural  form  of  the  verb  see. 

42.  Give  a  list  of  ten  words  commonly  used  as  prepoat* 
tions. 

43.  What  is  the  difference  in  the  proper  use  of  the  rela- 
tives who.  which  and  that  ? 

44.  Analyze  the  following  sentence,  according  to  any 

familiar  system : — 

"The  use  of  a  good  dictionary  should  be  insisted  npon 
in  the  preparation  of  such  lessons  as  are  learned  from 
books." 

45.  How  may  a  declarative  sentence  be  made  interrog- 
ative ? 

46.  In  the  sentence,  "Our  fathers,  where  are  they?* 
parse  "fathers." 

47.  Why  is  the  sentence  "John  ought  to  have  went* 
incorrect  ? 

48-  In  what  respect  is  the  sentence, 

"  Whom  do  men  say  that  I  am," 
grammatically  incorrect  ? 

Pupils  who  have  time,  will  please  illustrate  the  answers 
to  the  second,  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  question*  by  appro* 
priate  examples. 


GRAMMAR. 

Examination  III.    June  73,  7867* 

(1:30-3:00  P.  m.) 

(»)  "God  made  the  country  and  man  made  the  town. 
(»)  What  wonder  then  that  health  and  virtue,  gifts 
(»)  That  can  alone  make  sweet  the  bitter  draught 
(<)  That  life  holds  out  to  all,  should  most  abound 
(s)  And  least  be  threatened  in  the  fields  and  groves? 
(•)  Possess  ye,  therefore,  ye  who,  borne  about 

(7)  In  chariots  and  sedans,  know  no  fatigue 

(8)  But  that  of  idleness,  and  taste  no  scenes 
(»)  But  such  as  art  contrives,  possess  ye  still 

(I0)  Tour  element ;  there  only  can  ye  shine." 

—Cowper's  Task. 

49.  How  many  letters  in  the  first  line  of  the  above  ex- 
ercise are  liquids? 

50.  Write  the  words  in  the  first  five  lines  which  contain 
diphthongs,  enclosing  each  diphthong  in  a  parenthesis. 

51.  Which  words  in  the  sixth  line  are  dissyllables  ? 

52.  Write  the  words  in  the  exercise  which  are  trisyUaf 
bles,  and  mark  the  accented  syllable  in  each. 

53.  Which  line  contains  no  noun? 

54.  What  part  or  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words) 
are  not  contained  in  the  above  exercise  ? 

55.  What  irregular  verbs  occur  in  the  exercise  ? 

56.  What  passive  participle  (used  only  as  such)  ? 

57.  What  verbs  in  the  exercise  are  in  the  indicatfm 
mood? 

58.  Wtat  verbs  in  the  potential  mood? 

59.  Wfiat  verbs  in  the  imperative  mood  ? 

60.  What  adjectives  occur  in  the  exercise  ? 

61.  What  personal  pronouns  ? 

62.  What  relative  pronouns  ? 

Pupils  who  have  sufficient  time,  are  requested  to  ar- 
range all  other  words  in  the  above  exercise  into  columns, 
according  tc  the  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words)  to 
which  they  belong ;  also  to  state  how  many,  and  what 
firind  or  kinds  of  feet  are  used  in  each  line 


THB  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


Accuracy  in  either  of  these  items  may  be  counted  as  one 
correct  answer. 

(3:30-4:30  p.  m.) 

63.  In  the  sentence, 

"  God  made  the  country  and  man  made  the  town," 
what  words,  phrases  or  clauses  does  "and"  connect? 

64.  What  is  the  leading  subject  of  the  following  sen- 
tence : — 

(!)  "What  wonder  then  that  health  and  virtue,  gifts 
(2)  That  can  alone  make  sweet  the  bitter  draught 
(8)  That  life  holds  out  to  all,  should  most  abound 
(4)  And  least  be  threatened  in  the  fields  and  groves  ?  " 

65.  What  is  the  predicate  of  the  same  sentence  ? 

66.  Parse  "  that "  in  the  first  line. 

67.  Parse  "that"  in  the  second  line. 

68.  Parse  "  thai "  in  the  third  line. 

69.  Parse  "health"  and  "virtue"  and  the  verbs  of 
which  they  are  the  joint  subject. 

70.  Parse  "  wonder  "  in  the  first  line. 

71.  Parse  "gifts"  in  the  first  line. 

72.  Parse  "  sweet"  in  the  second  line. 

Pupils  who  have  time,  will  please  give  an  analysis  of 
the  above  sentence,  "  What  wonder  then,"  <fcc,  according 
to  any  familiar  system  ;  with  one  credit  for  accuracy  is 
this  particular. 


Examination  IT,     JVbv.  7,  7867* 

(1:30-3:30  P.  M.) 

73.  What  is  a  suffix  ? 

74.  What  is  the  primitive  of  indescribable  ? 

75.  How  are  adjectives  regularly  compared? 

76   Compare  the  adjective  whose  superlative  is  lasif 
77.  What  is  the  difference  between  an  adjective  and  at 
adverb  ? 


GRAMMAR. 


78.  What  are  the  different  offices  of  that  t 

79.  In  the  sentence,  "And  is  a  conjunction,"  what  part 
of  speech  is  "and  ? " 

80.  Change  the  sentence,  "Latin  is  taught  by  Professor 
Smith,"  into  the  corresponding  active  form. 

81.  Make  the  same  sentence  both  active  and  interroga- 
tive. 

82.  What  part  or  parts  of  speech  do  not  occur  in  the 

following  sentence : — 

"Millions  of  spiritual  creatures  walk  the  earth  unseen, 
Both  when  we  wake  and  when  we  sleep." 

83.  Parse  "both"  in  the  above  couplet. 

84.  Correct  "I  done  as  well  as  I  could,"  and  give  the 
reason  for  the  correction. 

85.  Correct  "set  down  and  rest,"  and  give  the  reason 
for  the  correction. 

86.  Why  is  the  sentence,  "John  ought  to  have  went,** 
incorrect  ? 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

"How  gloriously,  and  yet  how  differently,  has  the  Au- 
thor of  Nature  lighted  up  the  day  by  the  resplendent  sun. 
and  the  night  by  the  moon  and  the  starry  host." 

87.  What  is  the  grammatical  subject  of  the  above  sen 
tence  ? 

88.  What  is  the  grammatical  predicate  ? 

89.  Parse  the  gram,  subject. 

90.  Parse  the  gram,  predicate. 

91.  What  is  the  modified  or  logical  predicate  of  the  above 
sentence  ? 

92.  Parse  "differently." 

Correct  each  of  the  following  sentences,  and  give  the 
reason  for  the  correction  :  — 

93.  "Either  ability  or  inclination  were  wanting." 

94.  "  If  I  was  a  teacher  I  should  give  shorter  lessons." 

95.  "  We  hoped  to  have  heard  from  you  before  this.*' 

96.  "He  has  waxen  all  the  threads." 


THE   HE9ENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Examination  T,    Feb.  20,  7868, 
(1:30-5:00  P.  M.) 

97.  Give  the  classifications  of  words  according  to  their 

rarious  offices  in  sentences. 

98.  Write  a  sentence  containing  a  compound  word. 

99.  Decline  "ox"  in  both  numbers. 

100.  Give  a  numeral  adjective  of  the  ordinal  kind. 

101.  Write  a  sentence  containing  a  collective  noun  and  a 
transitive  verb. 

102.  Parse  "to  be"  in  the  sentence,  "To  be,  contenU 
his  natural  desire.'" 

103.  What  tenses  are  used  in  the  potential  mood  ? 

104.  Give  the  synopsis  of  the  verb  "be"  in  the  secoaA 
person  singular  in  all  the  tenses  of  the  finite  moods. 

Parse  "what"  in  each  of  the  following  sentences  :— 

105.  What .'  art  thou  still  unsatisfied  ? 

106.  What  art  thou  doing  ? 

107.  What  we  possessed  was  taken. 

Correct  the  following  sentences,  and  give  the  reason  for 
each  correction  :— 

108.  "  Trust  not  him  whom  you  know  is  dishonest" 

109.  "  What  signifies  good  opinions  when  our  practices 
is  bad  ?  " 

110.  "If  we  study  we  will  learn." 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

"When  Boulton,  the  associate  of  the  great  Watt,  showed 
his  iron  manufactory,  he  said,  '  I  sell  here  what  all  men 
are  anxious  to  buy,  Power.'  " 

Parse  each  of  the  following  words,  giving  for  nouns, 
the  class  or  kind,  gender,  person,  number,  case,  agreement 
or  government,  and  rule  of  syntax ;  for  vei'bs,  the  prin- 
eipal  parts,  voice  or  form,  mood,  tense,  person,  number, 
agreement,  and  rule  of  syntax : — 

111  "Boulton;"  (112)  "showed;"  (113)  "said;"  (114) 
«seU;"  (115)  "buy;"  (116)  "Power." 


&BAMMJLB. 

117.  What  parts  of  speech,  or  classes  of  words,  (if  any,) 
are  not  found  in  the  above  exercise  ? 

118.  Separate  the  above  exercise  into  the  several  simpk 
sentences  which  it  contains. 

119.  Change  "sell"  to  the  passive  form,  and  recon- 
struct the  part  of  the  exercise  which  follows  "said,"  to 
correspond  in  signification  with  this  change  of  form. 

120.  Analyze  the  whole  exercise,  according  to  any  ap- 
proved system  with  which  you  are  familiar. 


Examination   VT.    June  &,  7868, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

(*)  "It  is  enacted  in  the  laws  of  Venice, — 

(a)  If  it  be  proved  against  an  alien, 

(s)  That  by  direct  or  indirect  attempts 

(*)  He  seeks  the  life  of  any  citizen, 

(6J  The  party  'gainst  the  which  he  doth  contrive, 

(e)  Shall  seize  one-half  his  goods  ;  the  other  half 

(T)  Comes  to  the  privy  coffer  of  the  state ; 

(8)  And  the  offender's*  life  lies  in  the  mercy 

(9)  Of  the  duke  only,  'gainst  all  other  voice. 
(10)  In  which  predicament  I  say  thou  stand'at : 
(")  For  it  appears  by  manifest  proceeding, 
(ia)  That  indirectly,  and  directly  too  — 

(")  Thou  hast  contrived  against  the  very  life 
(")  Of  the  defendant ;  and  thou  hast  incurred 
(")  The  danger  formerly  by  me  rehearsed. 
(")  Down,  therefore,  and  beg  mercy  of  the  duke. 

— Merchant  of  Venice,  Act  IV,  Scene  1. 

121.  What  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words)  art 
contained  in  the  above  exercise  ? 

122.  Are  there  any  proper,  collective,  abstract  or  verbal 
nouns  in  the  exercise  ?    If  so,  make  a  list  of  them. 

123.  What  word3  in  the  possessive  caae  ? 

124.  Which  line  contains  no  noun  ? 

125.  Which  lines  no  pronoun,   (expressed  or   wadar- 
■tood?) 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


126.  Which  line  contains  but  two  different  parts  oi 
speech ;  and  what  are  those  parts  of  speech  ? 

127.  Compare  an  adjective  in  the  exercise  that  admito 
of  comparison. 

128.  Which  lines  of  the  exercise  contain  no  finite  verb? 

129.  Which  lines  have  finite  passive  verbs ;  and  what 
are  those  verbs  ? 

130.  Make  a  list  of  the  different  prepositions  in  th« 
exercise. 

131.  Make  a  list  of  the  adverbs,  and  the  conjunction*, 
separately. 

132.  What  following  parts  of  the  exercise  does  "ft"  is 
the  first  line  stand  for,  or  represent  ? 

133.  What  does  "it"  in  the  second  line  represent  ? 

134.  What  participle  (used  as  such)  in  this  exercise? 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

135.  In  the  clause,  uIf  it  be  proved  against  an  alien," 
Ac,  in  what  mood  is  the  verb,  and  why  ? 

136.  Parse  "only"  in  the  phrase,  "  Of  the  duke  only." 

137.  What  is  the  principal  or  leading  clause  in  the  sen- 
tence, "In  which  predicament  I  say  thou  stand' st." 

138.  Parse  "which"  in  the  same  sentence. 

189.  Give  the  principal  parts  of  "say"  and  "stantfsL* 

140.  Parse  the  verb  in  "Thou  hast  incurred  the  danger," 
giving  the  voice  (or  form)  mood,  tense,  person,  numbei 
subject,  and  rule  of  syntax. 

141.  Change  the  quotation  in  question  number  140  to 
the  passive  form. 

142.  Parse  "down"  in  the  sentence,  "Down,  therefor*, 
and  beg  mercy  of  the  duke,"  giving  particulars  required  in 
question  number  140. 

143.  In  what  case  is  "  mercy"  and  why  ? 

144.  Parse  "therefore." 


GRAMMAR. 


Examination  Til.     JYov.  12,  1868, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

145.  What  are  the  plurals  of  radius,  parenthesis,  phe- 
nomenon, brofker-in-law  ? 

146.  Compare  bad,  beautiful,  heavy,  many, 

147.  What  classes  of  words  (or  parts  of  speech)  are  used 
to  modify  or  limit  other  words  in  sentences  ? 

148.  Write  a  sentence  containing  which  in  the  plural 
number,  nominative  case. 

149.  Write  sentences  in  which  the  relatives  who,  which 
what  and  that  are  properly  used. 

150.  Parse  "what"  in  the  sentence,  This  is  precisely 
what  was  necessary. 

151.  Give  a  list  of  all  the  moods  and  tenses  used  in  con- 
jugating verbs. 

152.  Give  the  second  person,  singular,  passive  of  the 
verb  teach,  in  each  tense  of  the  indicative  mood. 

153.  What  tenses,  of  what  moods,  can  be  formed  with- 
out auxiliaries  ? 

154.  What  are  the  principal  parts  of  the  verbs  make, 
ride,  sit,  write? 

Correct  the  following  sentences : — 

155.  I  expected  to  have  found  him  at  home. 

156.  The  letter  from  which  the  extract  is  taken,  and  cams 
by  mail,  is  lost. 

157.  Give  examples  of  adverbs  of  time,  place,  negation 
aDd  interrogation. 

158.  Give  four  words  commonly  used  as  interjections. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

159.  Write  a  sentence  to  illustrate  the  following  rule  of 

syntax: — 

Two  or  more  singular  subjects  taken  separately  require 
the  verb  to  be  singular. 

160.  What  is  the  rule  of  syntax  for  the  italicised  word 
In  the  sentence,  Did  you  see  him  strike  the  boy  ? 


THE    REGENT8    QUESTIONS. 


161.  Correct  the  four  following  sentences  : — 
Lei  each  love  others  better  than  themselves. 

It  was  not  me  who  took  it. 

Wisdom  aud  not  wealth  procure  esteem. 

A  nail  well  drove  will  support  a  great  weight, 

1  'To  him  who  curbs  desire  within  the  bounds  of   'fcha 
enough,' 
The  wildest  blasts  that  heave  the  sea  awake  no  fear  of 
wreck." 

In  the  foregoing  sentence  parse —  ' 

162.  The  subject  of  the  principal  clause  ; 

163.  The  predicate  of  the  same  clause  ; 

164.  The  first  word,  "To;" 

165.  The  last  word  of  first  line,  "  enough." 

166.  Change  ' '  The  wildest  blasts  that  heave  the  sea  awake 
no  fear  of  wreck"  to  the  equivalent  passive  form. 

167.  Which  words  of  the  sentence  are  relatives  ? 

168.  Analyze  the  sentence  according  to  any  system  with* 
which  you  are  familiar. 


Examination   Till.     Feb.  /8,  ?869. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

169.  Write  a  t  "oper  noun ;  a  common  noun ;  a  collective 
noun  ;  and  an  abstract  noun. 

170.  Give  the  possessive  plural  form  of  motto,  lady,  (hou 
and  man. 

171.  Write  a  sentence  containing  an  active  transitive 
verb,  and  change  the  same  into  the  corresponding  passive 
form. 

172.  Give  a  synapsis  of  the  verb  teach  in  the  first  per- 
ton,  singular,  active  and  passive. 

173.  How  do  you  distinguish  adjectives  from  adverbs  f 

174.  Write  an  ordinal  adverb  ;  an  adverb  of  manner ; 
an  adverb  of  degree  ;  and  a  copulative  conjunction. 


GRAMMAR. 


175.  Give  the  correlatives  of  lad,  empress,  czar  and 
Francis.  [A  masculine  noun  and  its  corresponding 
feminine  are  called  correlative  nouns.] 

176.  Correct  the  following  in  regard  to  capitals  and 

punctuation : —  * 

mister  smith,  will  you  please  Excuse  my  son  John  nest 
friday  at  10  o'clock  "T  Jenkins 

177.  Write  four  sentences :  the  first  to  contain  who,  in 
the  second  person,  plural  number;  the  second,  which, 
singular  number,  objective  case ;  the  third,  whom,  mas- 
culine gender ;  the  fourth,  that,  second  person,  singular 
number. 

178.  Correct  the  following  sentences : — 

He  hadn't  ought  to  have  done  it. 

I  do  not  know  who  she  went  with. 

No  country  will  allow  of  such  a  practice. 

It  was  not  me  who  took  it. 

179.  Define  the  grammatical  terms,  subject,  predicate, 
mood,  syntax. 

180.  Compare  all  the  words  in  the  following  couplet 

which  admit  of  comparison : — 

How  far  that  little  candle  throws  his  beams! 
So  shines  a  good  deed  in  a  naughty  world. 

181.  What  classes  of  verbs  take  the  same  case  after  as 
before  them  ? 

182.  Give  an  example  to  illustrate  the  last  preceding 
question. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

('}  So  live,  that  when  thy  summons  comes  to  join 

(9)  The  innumerable  caravan,  that  moves 

(*)  To  that  mysterious  realm,  where  each  shall  take 

\*)  His  chamber  in  the  silent  halls  of  death, 

(•)  Thou  go  not  like  the  quarry-slave  at  night, 

(•)  Scourged  to  his  dungeon ;  but,  sustainedTand  soothed 

(7)  By  an  unfaltering  trust,  approach  thy  grave, 

(•)  Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  his  couch 

(•)  About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dream*. 

183.  Parse  the  predicate  of  the  principal  or  leading 
clause. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


184.  Upon  what  does  the  infinitive  "to  join"  depend; 
or,  if  you  regard  "to"  as  a  preposition,  what  does  it 
connect  ? 

x85.  Give  the  voice  (or  form),  mood,  tense  and  sulyect  of 
each  verb  in  the  second,  third,  fifth  and  seventh  lines. 

186.  What  conjunctions  occur  in  the  exercise,  and  what 
do  they  respectively  connect  ? 

187.  Parse  "that"  wherever  it  occurs  in  the  exercise. 

188.  Parse  "quarry-slave,''''  "sustained,"  "one,"  and 
"to"  (in  the  last  line.) 

189.  What  are  the  principal  parts  of  "take,'"  "go" 
"soothed"  and  "lies?" 

190.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  nouns  in  the  exercise. 

191.  What  is  the  primitive  of  "unfaltering?" 

192.  Analyze  the  clause  from  "but"  to  "dreams,"  in 
elusive. 


Examination  IX.    June.  70,  7869, 

(1:30-3:00  p.  M.) 

"  If  we  compare  our  English  literature  to  a  beautiful 

{garden,  where  Milton  lifts  his  head  to  heaven  in  the  spot- 
ess  chalice  of  the  tall  white  lily,  and  Shakspeare  scatters 
his  dramas  around  him  in  beds  of  fragrant  roses,  blushing 
with  a  thousand  various  shades. — some  stained  to  the  core 
as  if  with  blood,  others  unfolding  their  fair  pink  petals 
with  a  lovely  smile  to  the  summer  sun, — what  shall  we 
find  in  shrub  or  flower  so  like  the  timid,  shrinking  spirit 
of  William  Cowper  as  that  delicate  sensitive-plant,  whose 
leaves,  folding  up  at  the  slightest  touch,  cannot  bear  even 
the  brighter  rays  of  the  cherishing  sun  ?  " 

193.  Might  the  former  and  latter  parts  of  the  above  ex- 
ercise be  mutually  transposed  without  materially  affect- 
ing the  sense  ?  and  if  so,  6tate  with  what  word  such  latter 
part  begins. 

191.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  verbs  in  the  exercise,  includ- 
ing participles. 


GRAMMAR. 


195.  Which  of  these  is  the  leading  or  principal  verb  ? 

196.  Give  the  principal  parts  of  this  leading  or  prin- 
cipal verb. 

197.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  participles,  (not  including 
those  used  as  parts  of  the  finite  verbs  referred  to  in  ques- 
tion 194.) 

198.  Make  a  list  of  the  several  verbs  from  which  these 
participles  are  derived. 

199.  Which  of  these  participles  are  active  and  which  are 
passive  ? 

200.  Mention  all  the  proper  nouns  in  the  exercise. 

201.  Mention  any  compound  nouns  which  occur  therein. 

202.  In  what  mood  is  "compare?" 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

203.  Make  a  list  of  such  words  in  the  above  exerciM 
as  are  used  adjectively. 

204.  Which  of  the  words  included  in  the  answer  t« 
question  203  are  participial  adjectives  ? 

205.  What  part  of  speech  (or  kind  of  word)  is  "what  t " 

206.  In  what  case  is  the  same  "what,'''  and  why  ? 

207.  In  what  case  is  "spirit"  (eighth  line?) 

208.  What  part  of  speech  (or  kind  of  word)  is  "  up  ?  * 

209.  In  what  mood  is  the  last  verb  of  the  exercise  ? 

210.  In  what  mood  and  tense  is  tbe  first  verb  ? 

211.  In  what  case  is  "sensitive-plant?'" 

212.  Select  from  the  exercise  three  adjectives  represent- 
ing each  of  the  different  degrees  of  comparison. 

213.  Parse  "whose." 

214.  Parse  the  leading  or  principal  subject  of  the 
exercise,  according  to  any  method  with  which  you  arc 
familiar. 

215.  Give  an  analysis  or  diagram. 

216.  Does  the  clause  (beginning  with  "If"  and  ending 
with  "sun")  make  complete  sense  taken  by  itself  ? 


THE  EBGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


JSxamination  X.    Nov.  77,  7869. 
(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

217.  What  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words)  have 
cases  ? 

218.  What  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words)  admit 
of  comparison? 

219.  How  do  adjectives  of  more  than  two  syllables  gen- 
erally form  their  comparative  and  superlative  degrees  ? 

220.  Correct,  "  The  pleasures  of  the  mind  are  more 
preferable  than  those  of  the  body. 

221.  What  is  the  subjunctive  mood  used  to  express? 

222.  Why  is  it  called  the  "subjunctive''''  mood  ? 

223.  What,  tense  would  be  used  in  speaking  of  an  event 
which  occurred  during  the  past  year,  and  without  refer- 
ence to  any  other  date  or  event  ? 

224.  What  class  of  verbs  has  no  passive  voice  (or  form)  ? 

225.  Construct  a  sentence  having  a  verb  in  the  potential 
mood. 

226.  Correct,  "I  will  be  drowned;  nobody  shallhelp  me!" 

227.  Complete  this  sentence  by  supplying  verbs  in  the 

infinitive  mood,    "  Grammar  professes us 

correctly." 

228.  What  rule  of  6yntax  is  disregarded  in  the  follow- 
ing sentence: — 

"  The  account  or  journal,  which  was  written  by  Ma» 
gellan,  and  which  seems  to  have  been  in  existence  as  late 
as  1783,  are  tost." 

229.  Conjugate  the  verb  "learn"  in  the  active,  indica- 
tive, pluperfect  (or  prior  past). 

230.  Conjugate  the  verb  "seek"  in  the  passive,  sub- 
junctive, present. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 


(*)  Sir  Isaac  Newton  drew  close  to  the  grate  in  which; 

a  fire  had  just  been  kindled. 
(*)  By  and  by  it  grew  very  hot. 


GRAMMA  K. 


(*)   He  rang  the  bell. 

(«)    The  servant  came. 

(»)"Take  away  the  grate,"  said  the  philosopher,  "be- 
fore I  ana  burned  to  death." 

(•) ' '  Had  you  not  better  draw  back  your  chair,  sir  ?  ** 
said  John,  waggishly. 

C)  "Upon  my  word,"  said  Sir  Isaac,  laughing,  "I  had 
not  thought  of  that." 

231.  Which  sentence  (if  any)  of  the  foregoing  exercise 
contains  no  noun  ? 

232.  What  sentences  (or  classes  of  sentences)  in  the 
exercise  are  not  declarative  ? 

233.  If  not  declarative,  what  are  they  respectively  ? 

234.  What  is  the  subject  of  the  principal  clause  of  the 
fifth  sentence  ? 

235.  What  are  the  subjects  of  the  other  clauses  of  the 
fifth  sentence  ? 

236.  Give  the  principal  parts  of  "drew"  "kindled,* 
"grew,"  "rang." 

237.  What  four  other  irregular  verbs  in  the  exercise  ? 

238.  Which  verbs  of  the  exercise  are  in  the  passive  voice 
(or  form)  ? 

239.  Give  the  voice  (or  form),  mood,  tense,  person, 
number  and  subject  of  the  last  verb  of  the  exercise. 

240.  Parse  one  at  least  of  the  four  following  italicised 
words,  taking  your  choice :  "had"  and  "draw,"  (sixth 
eentence;)  "upon,"  giving  antecedent  terms  of  relation, 
and  "that,"  (seventh  sentence.) 


Examination  XI.    Feb.  77,  7870. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

<*)  K.  Henry.  "Therefore,  my  lords,  omit  no  happy  how 
(*)  That  may  give  furtherance  to  our  expedition : 
(»)  For  we  have  now  no  thought  in  us  but  France, 
(*)  Save  those  to  God,  that  run  before  our  business. 
(6)  Therefore,  let  our  proportions  for  these  wars 
(•)  Be  soon  collected ;  and  all  things  thought  upon 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(*}  That  may,  with  reasonable  swiftness,  add 
(•)  More  feathers  to  our  wings ;  for,  God  before 
(»)  We'll  chide  this  dauphin  at  his  father's  door. 
(10)  Therefore,  let  every  man  now  task  his  thought, 
(")  That  this  fair  action  may  on  foot  be  brought." 

— ghakspear's  King  Henry  F.,  end  of  Act  1. 

241.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of 
iDords)  represented  in  the  above  exercise. 

242.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  parts  of  speech  (if  any)  not 
bo  represented 

Give  the  part  of  speech  of  each  of  the  following 
words: — 

243.  ' 'But, "  (third  line; )  "  save, "  (fourth  line;) "  thought, * 
(third  line;)  "thought"  (sixth  line.) 

244.  "  That,"  (second,  fourth,  seventh  and  eleventh 
lines,  respectively.) 

245.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  moods  represented  in  the 
exercise. 

246.  Give  an  example,  from  the  exercise,  of  a  verb  in 
each  mood  so  represented. 

247.  Parse  "things,"  (sixth  line.) 

248.  Parse  "before,"  (fourth  line.) 

249.  Parse  "  before, "  (eighth  line.) 

250.  Parse  "chide"  (ninth  line,)  giving  principal  parts, 
voice  (or  form,)  mood,  tense,  person,  number,  subject  and 
rule  of  syntax. 

251.  In  what  case  is  each  proper  noun  in  the  exercise  ? 

252.  To  what  does  "those"  (fourth  line)  refer? 

253.  Parse  "furtherance,"  (second  line.) 

254.  Parse  "brought,"  (eleventh  line,)  as  required  la 
question  250. 

(8:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

255.  What  is  a  sentence* 

256.  What  are  the  essential  parts  (or  elements)  of  sea- 
fences  ? 

257.  How  are  sentences  classified  in  regard  to  fbmt? 


GRAMMAR. 


358.  Give  an  example  of  a  sentence  in  each  of  the 
varieties  of  form  referred  to  in  question  257. 

259.  Decline  each  of  the  personal  pronouns. 

260.  Conjugate  the  verb  "be,"  in  all  the  tenses,  persons 
and  numbers  of  the  indicative  mood. 

261.  Conjugate  the  verb   "know,"  in  all  the  tenses, 
persons  and  numbers  of  the  potential  mood. 

262.  "What  is  syntax  ? 

268.  Change  the  following  sentence  into  the  equivalent 

passive  form : — 

"Them  that  honor  me,  I  will  honor." 

264.  Change  into  the  equivalent  active  form : — 

"  He  was  admitted  into  this  institution  by  some  gentle- 
men who  had  been  his  father's  friends." 


Examination  XII.    June  9,  /S?0, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

l)  1.  "The  common  belief  that  the  scales  of  the  crocodile 
')  will  6top  a  bullet  is  very  erroneous.  2.  If  a  rifle  is 
")  loaded  with  the  moderate  charge  of  two  and  a  half 
4)  drachms,  it  will  throw  an  ounce  ball  through  the 

6)  scales  of  the  hardest  portion  of  the  back ;  but  were 
•)  the  scales  struck  obliquely,  the  bullet  might  possibly 

7)  glance  from  the  surface,  as  in  like  manner  it  would 

8)  ricochet  (rebound)  from  the  surface  of  the  water.    3. 

9)  The  crocodile  is  so  difficult  to  kill  outright,  that  peo- 
°)  pie  are  apt  to  imas^ne  that  the  scales  have  resisted 
J)  their  bullets.  4.  The  only  shots  that  will  produce 
a)  instant  death  are  those  that  strike  the  brain  or  spine 
3)  through  the  neck. " — Baker's  Nile  Sources  of  Abyssinia. 


265.  What  is  the  grammatical  subject  of  the  first  sen- 
tence of  the  exercise  ? 

266.  What  is  the  logical  subject  (grammatical  subject 
and  its  modifiers)  of  the  same  sentence  ? 

267.  What  is  the  logical  predicate  of  the  first  sentence  * 

268.  Parse  the  grammatical  subject,  (question  265.) 

269.  Parse  "iriU  stop,"  (second  line.) 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


*70.  Parse  "that,"  (first  line.) 

271.  Parse  the  first  verb  of  the  second  sentence. 

272.  Parse  "it,"  (fourth  line.) 

273.  Parse  "through"  (fourth  line.) 

274.  Parse  the  verb  of  the  clause,  "but  were  (he  soalee 
struck  obliquely,"  (fifth  and  sixth  lines.) 

275.  Is  the  first  sentence  of  the  exercise  simple,  com- 
pound or  complex,  in  its  construction  ? 

276.  Find  an  infinitive  verb  in  the  exercise,  and  parse  it. 

277.  Find  a  relative  pronoun,  and  parse  it. 

278.  What  are  the  principal  parts  of  "throw"  (fourth 


line.) 


(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 


279.  Parse  "difficult,"  (ninth  line.) 

280.  Parse  "outright,"  (ninth  line.) 

281.  What  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words)  is  "apt," 
(tenth  line.) 

282.  What  part  of  speech  is  "that "  in  each  of  the  four 
instances  where  it  occurs  in  the  ninth,  tenth  and  eleventh 
and  twelfth  lines? 

283.  Change  "the  scales  have  resisted  their  bullets"  into 
the  corresponding  passive  form,  using  the  same  words 
and  only  such  additional  ones  as  may  be  necessary. 

284.  Conjugate  "strike"  in  all  the  tenses,  persons  and 
numbers  of  the  potential  mood  passive  voice  (or  form). 

285.  Chan  ere  the  latter  sentence  of  the  above  exercise 
into  the  corresponding  interrogative  form,  using  precisely 
the  same  words,  with  only  such  change  of  arrangement 
as  may  be  necessary. 

286.  What  is  the  primitive  of  "imagine" 

287.  What  noun  in  common  use  is  derived  from  the 
same  root  as  "  imagine  f 

288.  What  word  may  be  used  instead  of  "(hat"  in  the 
last  sentence,  without  changing  the  sense  or  construe* 
Hon? 


GRAMMAR. 


JExami?iation  XIII.    JVov.  10,  7870. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

)  1.  "It  was,  as  I  have  said,  a  fine  autumnal  day,  the 
*)  sky  was  clear  and  serene,  and  nature  wore  that  rich 
*)  and  golden  livery  which  we  always  associate  with  the 
*)  idea  of  abundance.    2.  The  forests  had  put  on  their 

6)  sober  brown  and  yellow,  while  some  trees  of  the  ten- 
•)  derer  kind  had  been  nipped  by  the  frosts  into  brilliant 

7)  dyes  of  orange,  purple  and  scarlet.     3.  Streaming 

8)  files  of  wild  ducks  began  to  make  their  appearance 

9)  high  in  the  air;  the  bark  of  the  squirrel  might  be 
(")  heard  from  the  groves  of  beech  and  hickory  nuts,  and 
(u)  the  pensive  whistle  of  the  quail  at  intervals  from  the 
(ia)  neighboring  stubble-field. — Irving' 's  Legend  of  Sleepy 
(")  Hollow. 

289.  Select  from  the  exercise  one  example  each  of 
primitive,  derivative,  simple  and  compound  words. 

290.  Select  also  a  word  containing  three  different 
liquids. 

291.  Give  a  specimen  word  in  each  of  the  degree*  of 
comparison  represented  in  the  exercise. 

292.  Is  the  first  sentence  (or  period)  simple  or  com- 
pound; and  declarative,  imperative,  interrogative  or  ex- 
clamatory ? 

293.  Write  the  several  independent  propositions  In- 
volved in  the  first  sentence,  placing  each  in  a  line  bj 
Itself. 

294.  Which  words  of  the  third  sentence  (or  period)  are 
used  as  grammatical  (or  simple)  subjects  ? 

295.  Which  words  of  the  same  sentence  are  used  m 
grammatical  (or  simple)  predicates  ? 

296.  Parse  the  last  grammatical  subject  of  the  exercise* 

297.  Parse  the  last  grammatical  predicate  of  the  ex- 
ercise. 

298.  What  passive  verbs  occur  in  the  exercise  ? 

299.  Select  from  the  exercise  a  verb  in  the  lnflaitiTe 
mood,  and  parse  it. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


800.  What  is  the  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words)  of 
each  of  the  following :  "As,"  (first  line;)  "on"  (fourth 
line;)  "yellow,"  (fifth  line;)  " high,"  (ninth  line.) 

301.  Parse  the  verb  in  the  ninth  line. 

803.  Parse   "at"   and   "from,"  (eleventh  line.) 

(3:30^4:30  P.  M.) 

Parse  each  of  the  following  words,  with  special  refer*- 
ence  to  accuracy  and  completeness : — 

303.  "Day,"  (first  line.) 

304.  "Serene,"  (second  line.) 

305.  "Wore,"  (second  line.) 

306.  "  That,"  (second  line.) 

307.  "Livery,"  (third  line.) 

308.  "Which,"  (third  line.) 

309.  Change  "  which  we  alicays  associate  with  the  idea 
of  abundance"  to  its  equivalent  as  to  meaning,  but  have 
the  verb  in  the  passive  voice  (or  form.) 

310.  Change  "  nature  wore  that  rich  and  golden  livery  " 
to  the  corresponding  interrogative  form  (as  an  independ- 
ent sentence.) 

311.  Which  tenses  are  represented  in  the  several  verbs 
of  the  above  exercise  ? 

312.  Why  is  "  associate"  in  a  different  tense  from  either 
of  the  other  verbs  of  the  sentence?  Or,  if  unable  to 
answer  the  last  question,  you  may  tell  whether  "have 
$aid"  is  transitive  or  intransitive ;  and  why,  giving  its 
object  if  it  has  one. 


Examination  XIY.    Feb.  23,  787 f* 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

(*)  "29.  And  the  time  drew  nigh  that  Israel  must  die ;  and 
(9)  he  called  his  son  Joseph,  and  said  unto  him,  If  noir 
(*)  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  put,  I  pray  thee,  thy 


GRAMMAR. 


(*)  hand  under  my  thigh,  and  deal  kindly  and  truly  with 

{•)  me ;  bury  me  not,  I  pray  thee,  in  Egypt  : 

(•)  "80.  But  I  will  lie  with  my  fathers,  and  thou  shalt 

(7)  carry  me  out  of  Egypt,  and  bury  me  in  their  burying- 

(8)  place.     And  he  said,  I  will  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

(8)  "And  he  said,  Swear  unto  me.  And  he  sware  unto 
(10)  him.  And  Israel  bowed  himself  upon  the  bed's 
(")  head." — Genesis  xlvii,  verses  29-31. 

$3tAll  the  questions  refer  to  the  above  exercise. 

313.  What  different  letters  represent  voxcel  (or  vocal) 
sounds  ? 

314.  Write  four  of  the  words  containing  diphthongs  (or 
digraphs.) 

315.  WThat  words  of  the  *29th  verse  contain  silent  doubls- 
consonants  ? 

Write  a  word  (if  any)  belonging  to  each  of  the  follow- 
ing classes,  as  indicated  by  italics,  in  questions  315  and 
820.  inclusive: — 

816.  Nouns: 

Common  ;  proper  ;  abstract ;  compound. 
Personal,  Pronouns  : 

817.  First  Person:  Sing,  nom.;  poss.;  obj.;  Plural. 
318.  Secoid  Person :  "         "  "         "  " 
819.  Third  Person :     "          "          "         "  " 
320.  Relative  Pronouns. 

821.  Verbs  : 

Indicative;  subjunctive ;  potential;  imperativ*. 

822.  An  adjective;  adverb;  preposition ;  conjunction. 
323.  What  tenses  occur  in  the  30th  verse  ? 

824.  Write  the  principal  parts  of  four  of  the  irregular 
verbs. 

825.  Write  the  first  person  singular  of  the  verb  "  carry  n 
In  each  tense  of  the  indicative  mood. 

826.  What  are  the  differences  between  "swear"  and 
"sware"  (swore,)  (ninth  line,)  in  respect  to  principal 
farts,  mood,  tense  and  person 9 


TEE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

327.  What  words  might  be  used  Instead  of  "fta*," 
(first  line?) 

Parse  the  following  words : — 

328.  The  last  verb  in  the  first  line. 

329.  The  last  verb  in  the  second  line. 

330.  "jHand,"  (fourth  line.) 

331.  "With,"  (fourth  line.) 

332.  "  Thee"  (fifth  line.) 
833.  "Bury,"  (fifth  line.) 

334.  "Bed's,"  (tenth  line.) 

335.  Give  the  equivalent  grammatical  expression  lot 
"the  bed's  head?" 

836.  What  is  the  modified  (or  logical)  subject  of  the  sen- 
tence, "the  time  drew  nigh  thai  Israel  must  die ?" 

If  any  scholars  have  time  to  spare,  they  will  please 
write  out  an  analysis  of  the  29th  verse,  according  to  any 
ay  stem  with  which  they  are  familiar. 


Examination  XY.    Ju?ie.  8,  787 f* 

(1:30-5:00  P.  M.) 

(*)  1.  "Oliver  Twist's  ninth  birthday  found  him  a  pale, 

(a)  thin  child,  somewhat  diminutive  in  stature,  and  de- 

(»)  cidedly  small  in  circumference.     2.   But  nature  or 

(*)  inheritance  had  implanted  a  good  sturdy  spirit  in 

<•)  Oliver's  breast.    3.  It  had  had  plenty  of  room  to  ex- 

(•)  pand,  thanks  to  the  spare  diet  of  the  establishment ; 

C)  and  perhaps  to  this  circumstance  may  be  attributed 

(8)  his  having  any  ninth  birthday  at  all.    4.  Be  this  as  it 

(*)  may,  however,  it  was  his  ninth  birthday ;  and  he  was 

(10)  keeping  it  in  the  coal  cellar  with  a  select  party  of 

(J1)  two  other  young  gentlemen,  who,  after  participating 

(»)  with  him  in  a  sound  threshing,  had  been  locked  up 

I1*)  therein,  for  atrociously  presuming  to  be  hungry  I  *' — 

I1*)  Dickens'  Oliver  Twist,  Chap.  II. 

387.  Mention  all  the  different  parts  of  speech  (or  claim* 
qf  words)  included  in  the  first  proposition  or  sentence. 


ORAM  MAR. 


838.  Which  are  the  fundamental  or  essential  words  of 
the  first  sentence:  i.  «.,  the  simple  (or  primary)  suf/ject, 
predicate  and  object  ? 

339.  Which  words  of  the  first  sentence  are  nouns  in  the 
objective  case,  and  by  what  other  word  is  each  of  these 
nouns  governed  ? 

340.  Which  words  of  the  first  sentence  are  adjectives, 
and  to  what  substantive  word  does  each  of  these  adjeo- 
tives  belong  ? 

341.  Which  words  of  the  first  sentence  are  adverba,  and 
what  other  words  does  each  modify  or  limit  ? 

342.  Which  words  of  the  second  sentence  are  conjunc- 
tions, and  what  particular  words  (or  parts)  of  the  exercise 
does  each  connect  ? 

343.  Give  the  subject,  mood,  tense,  person  and  number 
of  the  verb  in  the  second  sentence. 

844.  What  does  "it"  (fifth  line)  stand  for  or  repre- 
sent? 

845.  Change  the  second  sentence  to  its  full  equivalent 
as  to  meaning,  but  having  the  verb  in  the  passive  voice 
(or  form.) 

846.  Change  the  phrase  "in  Oliver's  breast"  to  its 
equivalent,  having  the  proper  name  in  a  different  case. 

847.  What  is  the  difference  between  the  first  and  the 
second  "had"  in  the  fifth  line  of  the  exercise? 

848.  Mention  the  numerical  adjectives  contained  In  the 
exercise,  specifying  each  as  cardinal  or  ordinal. 

849.  What  part  of  speech  is  "perhaps"  (seventh  line  ?) 
860.  What  is  the  subject  of  "  may  be  attributed,"  (seventh 

line?) 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

Parse  the  following  words  contained  in  the  above 
ercise,  beginning  with  the  third  sentence,  fifth  line  :— 
851.  "  To,"  (seventh  line.) 
853.  "Having,"  (eighth  line.) 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


853.  The  finite  verb  in  the  seventh  line. 

854.  "Birthday,"  (eighth  line.) 

355.  "Birthday,"  (ninth  line.) 

356.  "  Who,"  (eleventh  line.) 

357.  "After,"  (eleventh  line.) 

358.  "Presuming,"  (thirteenth  line.) 

359.  "Hungry,"  (thirteenth  line.) 

360.  Any  one  of  the  verbs  in  the  infinitive  mood. 


Examination  XVI.    JYov.  9,  18? f. 

(1:30-5:00  P.  M.) 

1.  "Sir,  we  are  not  weak,  if  we  make  a  proper  use  of 
those  means  which  the  God  of  nature  hath  placed  in  our 
power.  2.  Besides,  sir,  we  shall  not  fight  our  battle* 
alone.  3.  There  is  a  just  God  who  will  raise  up  friend* 
to  fight  our  battles  for  us.  4.  If  we  were  base  enough  to 
desire  it,  it  is  now  too  late  to  retire  from  the  contest. 
4.  There  is  no  retreat  but  in  submission  and  slavery.  5. 
Our  chains  are  forged ;  their  clanking  may  be  heard  on 
the  plains  of  Boston.  6.  Is  life  so  dear,  or  peace  so  sweet 
as  to  be  purchased  at  the  price  of  chains  and  slavery?  7. 
I  know  not  what  course  others  may  take ;  but  as  for  me, 
give  me  liberty,  or  give  me  death  !  " 

361.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  nouns  in  the  first  sentence. 

862.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  words  used  adjectively  in  the 
first  sentence. 

363.  Give  the  principal  parts  of  all  the  verbs  in  the  first 
and  second  sentences. 

864.  Select  from  the  above  exercise  a  verb  to  represent 
each  one  of  the  different  moods  used  in  it,  mentioning  the 
mood  of  each  one  named. 

365.  Make  a  list  of  the  tenses  in  the  indicative  mood, 
and  then  draw  a  line  across  the  names  of  those  not  is 
this  exercise. 

366.  Make  a  list  of  all  the  passive  verbs  in  the  exercise. 
867.  Decline  the  personal  pronoun  of  the  first  persom, 


G-RAMMAR. 

and  the  personal  pronoun  of  the  third  person,  neuter 
gender ;  then  draw  a  line  across  each  word  of  these  list* 
that  does  not  occur  in  the  exercise. 

868.  What  part  of  speech  (or  kind  of  word)  is  "sir"  in 
the  first  and  second  sentences? 

369.  Compare  such  adjectives  of  the  first  and  fourth 
sentences  as  admit  of  comparison. 

370.  What  is  the  difference,  as  to  syntax,  between  the 
first  and  the  second  "it"  in  the  fourth  sentence? 

371.  What  word  is  the  subject  of  the  fifth  sentence? 

372.  What  is  the  predicate  (grammatical  or  unmodified) 
of  the  second  sentence  ? 

373.  Give  an  example,  from  the  exercise!  of  the  follow- 
ing kinds  of  sentences:  declarative,  interrogative,  im- 
perative. 

374.  Change  the  sixth  sentence  so  that  the  same  thought 
may  be  expressed,  but  using  verbs  in  the  active  voice  (or 
form)  only. 

The  following  question  may  be  answered  in  the  place 
of  any  one  of  the  foregoing,  if  preferred : — 

What  is  the  difference,  as  to  syntax,  between  "me"  and 
"death"  in  the  seventh  sentence? 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

Parse  the  following  words  contained  in  the  above  ex* 
ercise : — 

375.  The  second  verb  of  the  first  sentence. 
876.  "Which,"  (first  sentence.) 

377.  The  third  verb  of  the  first  sentence. 

378.  The  last  verb  of  the  third  sentence. 

379.  "Enough,"  (fourth  sentence.) 

380.  "  Eetreat,^  (Mth  sentence.) 

381.  "  Clanking,1''  (sixth  sentence.) 

382.  The  second  verb  of  the  sixth  sentence. 

883.  "What,"  (seventh  sentence.) 

884.  The  last  verb  of  the  seventh  sentence. 


THE    REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XYII.     J?eb.  27,  7872, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

1.  "A  country  schoolmaster  had  two  pupils,  to  one  of 
whom  he  was  partial,  and  to  the  other  severe.  2.  One 
morning  it  happened  that  these  two  boys  were  late,  and 
were  called  up  to  account  for  it.  3.  'You  must  have 
heard  the  bell,  boys ;  why  did  you  not  come  ? '  4.  '  Please, 
sir,'  said  Tom,  (the  favorite.)  'I  was  dreaming  that  I  was 
going  to  Margate,  and  I  thought  the  school-bell  was  the 
6teamboat-bell.'  5.  'Very  well/  said  the  master,  glad  of 
any  pretext  to  excuse  his  favorite.  6.  'And  now,  Bill, 
turning  to  the  other,  '  what  have  you  to  say  ? '  7.  '  Please, 
sir,'  said  the  puzzled  boy,  'I— I— I  was  waiting  to  see 
Tom  off.' " 

Parse  the  following  words  contained  in  the  above  ex- 
ercise : — 

385.  The  noun  used  as  the  subject  of  the  first  sentence* 

386.  "Whom,"  (first  sentence.) 

387.  The  first  noun  of  the  second  sentence. 

388.  The  third  verb  of  the  second  sentence. 
889.  "Account,"  (second  sentence.) 

390.  The  first  verb  of  the  third  sentence. 
891.  "Boys,"  (third  sentence.) 

392.  The  second  verb  of  the  third  sentence. 

393.  "Steamboat-bell,"  (fourth  sentence.) 
894.  "Glad,"  (fifth  sentence.) 

395.  "What,"  (sixth  sentence.) 

896.  "Have,"  (sixth  sentence.) 

897.  The  last  word  of  the  sixth  sentence. 
89a  "Off"  (seventh  sentence.) 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

399.  Give  an  example  of  an  adjective  derived  from  % 
proper  noun. 

400.  Into  what  three  (or  four)  classes  are  word*  divided, 
as  to  the  number  of  their  syllables  ? 

401.  Give  the  first  person  plural  of  "  go "  in   all  the 
tenses  of  the  indicative  mood. 


GRAMMAR. 


402.  Give  the  passive,  potential,  pluperfect,  third,  sing- 
alar  of  "examine." 

403.  Give  ten  words  commonly  used  as  prepositions. 

404.  What  is  the  subject  word  of  the  sentence  constitut- 
ing question  400  above  ? 

405.  Of  what  does  syntax  treat  ? 

406.  Write  a  sentence  (or  two  sentences,  if  you  prefer,) 
in  which  the  words    "set"  and  "siV    are  properly  used. 

407.  Correct,  "If  John  had  went  to  school,  he  would 
not  now  deserve  punishment ;  but  he  done  as  he  pleased 
and  must  take  the  consequences." 

408.  Give  a  reason  for  each  correction  of  false  syntax 
made  in  your  answer  to  question  406. 

Scholars  who  have  sufficient  time  may  re-write  the  fol- 
lowing letter,  with  the  needed  corrections  as  to  general 
arrangement,  capitals  and  punctuation ;  and  the  satisfac- 
tory execution  of  the  whole,  including  penmanship,  will 
be  allowed  as  two  correct  answers : — 

baltimore  feb  10  1872  dear  father  i  have  just  returned 
from  Washington  where  :  spent  two  days  very  pleasantly 
1  visited  the  capitol  and  saw  mr  browns  cousin  charles 
sumner  who  is  you  know  one  of  the  senators  from  mas- 
sachusetts  i  also  6aw  president  grant  and  many  other  dis- 
tinguished men  whom  i  have  not  time  to  mention  is  mother 
well  what  did  John  get  from  santa  clause  has  maria 
finished  arithmetic  this  is  rough  paper  bad  ink  and  • 
what  a  pen  in  haste  good  bye  your  affectionate  6on  John 
kennedy. 


Examination  XVIII.    June  6,  7872. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

1.  "As  a  man  who  was  deeply  involved  in  debt  was 
walking  in  the  street  with  a  very  melancholy  air,  one  of 
his  acquaintances  asked  him  why  he  was  so  sorrowful. 
2.  'Alas ! *  said  his  friend,  '  I  am  in  a  state  of  insolvency.* 
8.  '  Well,'  said  his  friend,  4  if  that  is  the  case,  it  is  not 
you,  but  your  creditors,  who  ought  to  weai  a  woefuj 
countenance. ' " 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Write  each  one  of  the  following  words,  with  its  nnmbef 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter,  the  part  of  speech 
(or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs : — 

First  sentence :  (409)  As  ;  (410)  who  ;  (411)  deeply ;  (412) 
debt ;  (413)  in  ;  (414)  air ;  (415)  one ;  (416)  acquaintances; 
(417)  asked ;  (418)  why;  (419)  sorrowful. 

Second  sentence :  (420)  Alas  ;  (421)  he ;  (422)  am. 

Third  sentence :  (423)  Well;  (424)  that ;  (425)  but ;  (426) 
your  ;  (427)  ought ;  (428)  wear. 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words  with  its  number 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter  the  word  (or  words) 
to  which  it  is  related  as  a  principal  element,  {subject, 
predicate  or  object,') — if  this  be  the  case, — or  to  which  it 
belongs  as  an  adjunct,  if  it  have  either  adjective  or  ad- 
verbial force : — 

1  First  sentence :  (429)  man  ;  (430)  who  ;  (431)  very  ;  (432) 
melancholy  ;  (433)  asked  ;  (484)  him  ;  (435)  sorrowful. 

Second  sentence :  (436)  he  ;  (437)  state  ;  (438)  insolvency. 

Third  sentence :  (439)  said  ;  (440)  his  ;  (441)  that ;  (442) 
case  ;  (443)  not ;  (444)  creditors  ;  (445)  ought ;  (446)  wear  ; 
(447)  woeful ;  (448)  countenance. 

Select  from  the  first  sentence  a  word  in  the  (449)  nomir 
native  case  ;  one  in  the  (450)  possessive  case  ;  and  one  in 
the  (451)  objective  case.    [Number  answers  as  before.] 

Mention  the  (452)  first  verb  of  the  exercise,  and  give  its 
(453)  voice  (or  form),  (454)  mood,  (455)  tense,  and  (456) 
subject. 

Give  the  (457)  first,  (458)  second,  (459)  third,  and  (460) 
fourth  principal  parts  of  the  last  verb  of  the  exercise. 

Give  the  third  person,  singular  number,  of  the  first  verb 
in  the  second  sentence  in  each  of  the  tenses  of  the  indica- 
tive mood :  t.  e.,  (461)  present ;  (462)  imperfect  (or  past), 
(463)  future ;  (464)  perfect  (or  prior  present);  (465)  pluper- 
fect (or  prior  past);  (466)  future  perfect. 

Give  the  (467)  comparative,  and  the  (468)  superlat&vt 
forma  of  the  last  adjective  of  the  exercise. 


GRAMMAR. 


(3:30-4:30  P.  m.) 

469.  What  word  of  the  exercise  has  no  syntax,  (or 
grammatical  relation  to  other  words  ?) 

470.  Select  from  the  exercise  an  example  of  a  simple 
sentence  (or  independent  proposition.) 

471.  Is  the  first  sentence  simple  or  compound,  or  com- 
plex in  its  construction  ? 

472.  Answer  the  same  question  (471)  with  reference  to 
the  second  sentence. 

473.  What  is  the  grammatical  subject  of  the  principal 
(or  independent)  clause  of  the  third  sentence  ? 

474.  Change  "was  walking"  to  the  form  of  the  plu- 
perfect (or  prior  past)  tense  of  the  same  mood. 

475.  Change  the  verb  of  the  expression  "was  deeply 
involved  "  to  the  potential  mood,  perfect  (or  prior  present) 
tense  of  the  same  voice  (or  form.) 

476.  Change  "  one  of  his  acquaintances  asked,  him  "  to 
its  equivalent,  having  the  verb  in  the  passive  form. 

477.  Change  "  if  that  is  Vie  case  "  so  that  the  verb  shall 
be  subjunctive  in  form. 

478.  In  what  number  is  "who"  (third  sentence  ?) 

479.  In  what  words  was  the  question  referred  to  in  the 
llrst  sentence  put  by  the  asker  (or  speaker  ?) 

480.  What  words  does  "with  "  in  the  first  sentence  con- 
nect or  show  the  relation  between  ? 

481.  What  interrogative  word  occurs  in  the  first  sen- 
tence ? 

482.  What  kind  of  a  conjunction  is  "  but  ?  " 

483.  In  what  case  is  the  word  "case,"  (third  sentence  ?) 

484.  In  what  tense  is  "ought,"  (third  sentence?) 

485.  In  what  case  is  "countenance ,"  (third  sentence  ?) 

486.  What  word  (potential  mood  sign)  might  be  substi- 
tuted for  "ought  to,"  (third  sentence?) 

487.  Of  what  words  is  "  woeful "  compounded? 

488.  Which  one  of  the  five  permanent  vc  wels  does  aot 
•ccnr  in  "  countenance .'" 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


I$xami?iatio?i  XIX.    JYov.  7,  7872* 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

L  "Sing  tome,  dearest  nightingale."  said  a  shepherd  to 
the  silent  songstress,  one  beautiful  spring  evening. 

2.  "Alas!  "said  the  nightingale,  ''the  frogs  make  bo 
much  noise  that  I  have  no  inclination  to  sing.  Do  you 
not  hear  them  ?  " 

3.  "Undoubtedly  I  hear  them,"  replied  the  shepherd, 
"but  it  is  owine-  to  your  silence." 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words,  with  its  number 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter  the  'part  of  speech 
(or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs  : — 

First  paragraph :  (489)  Sing;  (490)  to ;  (491)  me;  (492) 
dearest ;  (493)  nightingale  ;  (494)  spring. 

Second  paragraph :  (495)  Alas;  (496)  so;  (497)  that; 
(496)  no. 

Third  paragraph  :  (499)  Owing. 

"Write  each  of  the  following  words,  with  its  number 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter  describe  it  as  the 
subject,  predicate,  object,  adjective-adjunct  (or  modifier,) 
or  adverbial-adjunct, — as  the  case  may  be, — of  the  word 
to  which  it  is  syntactically  related : — 

First  paragraph :  (500)  Sing;  (501)  said;  (502)  silent; 
(503)  songstress ;  (504)  one ;  (505)  evening. 

Second  paragraph  :  (506)  Noise ;  (507)  inclination ;  (508) 
sing. 

Third  paragraph  :  (509)  Owing ;  (510)  silence. 

Select  from  the  third  paragraph  a  word  in  the  (511) 
nominative,  one  in  the  (512)  possessive,  and  one  in  the 
(513)  objective  case. 

Mention  the  (514)  second  verb  of  the  second  paragraph ; 
and  give  its  (515)  voice  (or  form;)  (516)  mood;  (517) 
tense;  and  (518)  subject;  also  the  (519)  jirst,  (520)  second, 
and  (521)  Uiird  principal  parts  of  the  same  verb. 

Change  "frogs  make"  to  each  corresponding  tense- 
form  of  the  indicative  and  potential  moods,  viz :  (522^ 


GRAMMAR. 


Indicative  imperfect  (or  past;)  (523)  future;  (524)  perfect 
(or  prior  present ;)  (525)  pluperfect  (or  prior  past ;)  (526) 
future  perfect;  (527)  potential  present;  (528)  imperfect 
(or  past;)  (529)  perfect  [or  prior  present ;)  (530)  pluperfect 
{or  prior  past.) 

Give  the  (531)  positive  and  (532)  comparative  forms  of 
the  first  adjective  :  also  the  (533)  comparative  and  (534) 
superlative  of  the  last  adjective  in  the  first  paragraph  that 
admits  of  comparison. 

Select  from  the  exercise  a  personal  pronoun  of  each  of 
the  following  forms :  (535)  First  person,  singular  number, 
nominative  case;  (386)  first,  singular,  objective;  (537)  second 
person,  singular,  nominative  ;  (538)  second  person,  singu- 
lar, possessive  ;  (589)  third  person,  singular,  nominative  ; 
(540)  third  person,  plural,  objective. 

Give  the  word  which  each  prepositional  phrase  (or  ad- 
junct modifies : — 

First  paragraph :  (541) ;  (542) ;  (543) 

(preposition  understood.) 

Second  paragraph :  (544) (infinitive.) 

Third  paragraph :  (545) . 

(3:30-4:30  p.  m.) 

Mention  two  of  the  prepositional  phrases  that  are  used 
adjectively :  (546) ;  (547) ;  and  two  used  ad- 
verbially :  (548) ;  (549) ,  in  this  exercise. 

550.  Change  "shepherd"  to  the  corresponding  wonj 
denoting  the  feminine  gender. 

551.  What  is  the  grammatical  gender  of  "nightingale;' 
and  (552)  why  ? 

553.  What  word  of  the  exercise  has  no  syntax  or  gram- 
matical relation  to  other  words  ? 

554.  What  noun  of  the  first  paragraph  is  independent,  a* 
to  case  ? 

555.  Is  the  first  paragraph  a  simple,  or  a  compound,  on 
%  complex  sentence  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


556.  Answer  the  same  question  for  the  second  para- 
graph, first  sentence ;  and  (557)  second  sentence ;  and  for 
the  (558)  third  paragraph. 

559.  Change  "Do  you  hear  them  ?  "  to  the  correspond- 
ing declarative  form. 

560.  Change  "the  frogs  make  so  much  noise"  to  the 
equivalent  expression,  having  the  verb  in  the  passive  voice 
(or  form.) 

561.  From  what  primitive  word  is  "owing"  derived? 

562.  Why  is  not  "owing"  spelled  oweing ? 

563.  Give  the  prefix,  and  each  suffix  (or  affix)  (564,  565) 
of  "undoubtedly." 

566.  What  is  the  subject  of  the  principal  (or  independent) 
clause  of  the  third  paragraph  ? 

567.  What  is  the  subject  of  each  subordinate  (or  depend' 
ent)  clause  of  the  third  paragraph  ? 

568.  What  substantive  word,  or  expression,  does  the 
pronoun  "it"  stand  for  in  the  third  paragraph? 


Examination  XX.    JF'eb.  27,  7873. 

(1:30-3:00  p.  m.) 

(*)  A  wasp  met  a  bee  that  was  just  buzzing  by, 

(*)  And  he  said,  "Dear  cousin,  can  you  tell  me  why 

(»)  You  are  loved  60  much  better  by  people  than  I  ? 

(*)  Why,  my  back  is  as  bright  and  as  yellow  as  gold, 
(8)  And  my  shape  is  most  elegant,  too,  to  behold; 
(•)  Yet  nobody  likes  me  for  that,  I  am  told  ! " 

ir)  Says  the  bee,  "My  dear  cousin,  it 's  all  very  true; 
(e)  But,  then,  they  would  love  me  no  better  than  you, 
(•)  If  I  were  but  half  as  much  mischief  to  do  ! " 

Select  from  the  exercise  an  example  of  eaeh  of  the 
following  classes  of  words : — 

First  line :  (569)  Noun  ;  (570)  verb,  irregular  ;  (571)  verb, 
progressive  form  ;  (572)  adverb. 


GRAMMAR. 


8econd  line :  (573)  Pronoun,  second  person ;  (574)  pro 
noun,  objective  case;  (575)  adjective;  (576)  conjunction, 
copulative. 

Third  line :  (577)  Verb,  passive  ;  (578)  preposition. 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words,  and  the  pan 
of  speech  (or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs  :- 

First  line :  (579)  That ;  (580)  by. 

Second  line:  (581) Why. 

Third  line:  (582)  Better. 

Sixth  line :  (583)  Nobody  ;  (584)  that. 

Seventh  line:  (585)  A 11. 

Eighth  line :  (586)  Than. 

Ninth  line :  (587)  But ;  (588)  half;  (589)  much. 

Give  the  fonr  principal  parts:  i.  e.,  first,  indicative 
present ;  second,  indicative  imperfect,  past  or  present ; 
third,  participle,  present  or  imperfect ;  fourth,  participle, 
perfect  or  past,  of  each  of  the  following  verbs: — 

First  line :  Met ;  (590) ;  (591) ;  (592) 

(593) . 

Third  line:  Js;(594)- ;  (595) ;  (596)— — 

(597) . 


Sixth  line :  Told  ;  (598) ;  (599) ;  (600) 

(601) . 

Write  each  of  the  following  words,  and  describe  it  as 
tubject,  predicate,  object,  or  modifier,  of  the  word  to  whicb 
It  syntactically  belongs,  giving  that  word : — 

First  line :  (602)  Wasp  ;  (603)  bee  ;  (604)  that. 

Second  line :  (605)  You  ;  (606)  me. 

Third  line:  (607)  Better;  (608)  I. 

Fourth  line :  (609)  Yellow  ;  (610)  gold. 

Fifth  line:  (611)  Elegant. 

Sixth  line:  (612)  That 

Seventh  line :  (613)  Bee. 

Ninth  line:  (614)  Mischief 

Mention  four  prepositional  (including  infinitive)  pbraia 


THE   REGENTB'  QUESTION!. 


used  adverbially  in  the  exercise :  (615) ;  (616)  — — 

(617) ;  (618) . 

Change  "A  wasp  met  a  bee"  to  each  of  the  other  cor- 
responding tense  forms  of  the  indicative  mood,  viz :  (619) 

Present ;  (620)  perfect,  or  prior  present ;  (621) 

pluperfect,  or  pi-ior  past ;  (622)  future ;  (623) 

future  perfect . 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

624.  Change  "was  buzzing"  to  the  corresponding  sim- 
ple form. 

625.  Change  "can  you  tell  me"  to  the  corresponding 
declarative  form. 

626-627.  Change  the  third  line  to  the  equivalent  expres- 
sion, having  the  verb  in  the  active  voice  (or  form.) 

628.  What  would  be  the  corresponding  active  form  of 
*J  am  told  "  in  the  sixth  line  ? 

629.  What  transtive  verb  occurs  in  the  ninth  line  ? 

630.  What  is  the  corresponding  passive  form  of  "to 
behold  "  in  the  fifth  line  ? 

Select  from  the  exercise  a  verb  belonging  to  each  of  the 
following  classes :  (631)  Subjunctive  mood;  (632)  potential, 
present ;  (633)  potential,  imperfect,  or  past;  (634)  infini- 
tive. 

635.  What  is  the  positive  form  of  the  word  "better"  in 
the  third  and  eighth  lines  ? 

636.  Is  the  first  line,  as  a  sentence,  simple  or  compound, 
or  complex  ? 

687.  Select  from  the  exercise  a  simple  sentence  (or  clause) 
containing  a  transitive  verb. 

638.  To  what  other  word  is  "but"  in  the  ninth  line 
equivalent  ? 

639.  What  other  form  of  expression  may  be  substituted 
in  the  ninth  line  for  "If  I  were  to  do?" 

Mention  the  different  punctuation  marks  that  occur  la 

the  exercise:    (640) ;    (641)  ;    (642)  ; 

(648) ;  (644) . 


GRAMMAR. 

645.  What  are  the  marks  "  u  called,  and  (646)  what  do 
they  denote  ? 

647.  What  is  the  mark  in  it's  called,  and  (648)  what  does 
■X  denote  ? 


Examination  XXI.     June*  6,  7873, 

(1:30-3:00  r   M.) 

i1)  "Will  you  give  my  kite  a  lift  r"  said  my  little  nephew 
(9)  to  his  sister,  after  trying  in  vain  to  make  it  fly  by 
(')  dragging  it  along  the  ground.  Lucy  very  kindly  took 
(4)  it  up  and  threw  it  into  the  air;  but  her  brother, 
(•)  neglecting  to  run  off  at  the  same  moment,  the  kite 
(•)  fell  down  again. 

(7)  "Ah!  now,  how  awkward  you  are!"  said  the  little 
(•)  fellow. 

(9)  "It  was  your  fault  entirely,"  answered  his  sister. 
(M) ' '  Try  again,  children, "  said  I.  ' '  There  is  an  old  proverb 
i11)  which  says,    'Perseverance  conquers  all  things.'" — 
(«)  Charlotte  Elizabeth. 

Select  from  the  exercise : — 

First  line :  A  word  used  as  (649)  subject ;  (650)  object, 
direct;  (651)  verb,  principal ;  (652)  verb,  auxiliary. 

Second  line :  (653)  A  dissyllable  ;  (654)  a  derivative  word. 

Third  line :  (655)  A  word  containing  a  diphthong ;  an 
(656)  adverb  of  manner,  and  of  (657)  degree,  or  quantity. 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words  and  the  part  of 
speech  (or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs,  as  here 
used : — 

First  line:  (658)  Lift;  (659)  little. 

Second  line:  (660)  After;  (661)  trying;  (662)  malm 4 
{<m)fly. 

Third  line:  (664)  Along. 

Fourth  line:  (665)  But. 

Fifth  line:  (666)  Off. 

Sixth  line:  (667)  Down.     ' 

Seventh  line:  (668)  Ah!  (669)  awkward. 


THB   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


Give  the  four  principal  parts  (including  the  participle  is 
fng)  of  each  of  the  irregular  verbs  in 

Third  line:  (670) ;  (671) ;  (673) ;  (673) . 

Fourth  line :  (674) ;  (675) ;  (676) ;  (677) . 

Seventh  line:  (678) ;  (679) ;  (680) ;  (681) ; 

(682) ;  (683) ;  (684) ;  (685) . 

Write  each  of  the  following  words,  and  describe  it  ae 
subject,  nominative,  predicate,  object,  adjective  modifier, 
adverbial  "modifier,  or  attribute,  of  the  word  (expressed  or 
understood)  to  which  it  is  syntactically  related,  giving 
(hat  word : — 

Eleventh  line :  (686)  Perseverance ;  (687)  conquers;  (688) 
all;  (689)  things. 

Tenth  and  eleventh  lines  :  (690)  Proverb;  (691)  J;  (692) 
an;  (693)  which. 

Ninth  and  Tenth  lines:  (694)  Try;  (695)  fault. 

Second  line :  (696)  Trying ;  (697)  make. 

698.  Which  noun  in  the  exercise  has  no  syntactical  re- 
lation to  other  words  ? 

Change  "  the  kite  fell  down  "  to  each  of  the  other  tense 
forms  of  the  indicative  mood,  prefixing  to  each  form  the 

name  of  the  tense :  (699) ;  (700) ;  (701) ;  (702) 

;  (703) . 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

Compare  "  IMe  "  in  the  first  line :  (704) ;  (705). ; 

(706) . 

What  would  be  the  corresponding  (707)  declarative  and 
(708)  imperative  forms  of  "Will  you  give  my  kite  a  lifl  * M 

709.  What  derivative  of  "vain"  might  be  substituted 
for  "in  vain"  in  the  second  line  ? 

Mention  each  infinitive  verb  in  the  exercise :  (710)  — — ; 
(711) ;  (712) . 

713.  What  noun  does  the  first  "my"  in  the  first  line 
represent  ? 

714.  Answer  the  same  question  in  regard  to  the  second 
•my"  in  the  first  line. 


GRAMMAR. 

Give  the  (715)  mood,  (716)  person,  and  (717)  number  ol 
"  try  "  m  the  tenth  line. 

718.  How  would  "conquers"  be  written  if  spelled  ac- 
cording to  its  elementary  sounds  ? 

719.  What  special  rule,  or  remark,  of  syntax  is  applica- 
ble to  "fly  "  in  the  second  line  ? 

720.  What  words  after  "J"  in  the  tenth  line  might  be 
omitted  without  impairing  the  sense  ? 

721.  What  relation  was  the  writer  (Charlotte  Elizabeth) 
to  Lucy  and  her  brother,  judging  from  the  above  narra- 
tive? 

722.  Why  is  not  the  fir*t  word  in  the  eleventh  line 
spelled  persevereance  ? 

723.  Change  the  eleventh  line  to  its  equivalent,  having 
the  verb  in  the  passive  voice  (or  form.) 

Change  the  answer  to  question  723  to  express  each  of 

the  other  tenses  of  the  indicative  passive :  (724) ; 

(725) ;  (726) ;  (727) ;  (728) . 


Examination  XXII.    Nov.  6,  1873. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

(»)    A  person  who  called  one  day  at  a  house  at  which  his 

(a)  visits  had  been  more  frequent  than  welcome,  was  told 

(»)  by  the  servant  that  her  master  had  gone  away. 

(*)  "Oh,  well,  never  mind,"  said  he,  "Til  speak  to  youi 

(8)  mistress." 

(•)  "She  has  also  gone  out,  sir,"  the  maid  replied. 

(7)  Not  liking  to  be  denied  admission,  the  man  said: — 

(8)  "As  it  is  a  cold  day,  I'll  step  in  and  sit  by  the  fire  a 
(»)  few  moments." 

(io)  "Ah,  sir,  but' that  is  gone  out,  too,"  said  the  girl;  by 
(»)  which  time  the  luckless  visitor  concluded  that  it  was 
(w)  best  for  him  to  stay  out. 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words  and  its  part  of 

speech  (or  class  of  words)  as  here  used  : — 

First  line:  (729)TT7io;  (730)  one;  (731)  at. 

Second  line:  (732)  Visits;  (733)  more;  (734)  than. 


THE   REGEKT8'  QUESTIONS. 


Third  line:  (735)  That;  (736)  away. 

Fourth  line:  (737)  Never;  (738)  mind. 

Sixth  line:  (739)  Sir. 

Seventh  line :  (740)  Liking. 

Tenth  line :  (741)  That. 

Eleventh  line :  (742)  Concluded. 

Twelfth  line :  (743)  Best. 

744-746.  Select  from  the  exercise  and  write  in  a  columa 
the  first  ten  words  which  are  used  ae  simple  subjects, 
numbering  them  (747-756)  inclusive,  and  opposite  each 
one  of  these  write  the  verb  agreeing  with  it. 

757-759.  Select  from  the  exercise  an  adjective  of  each 
degree  of  comparison. 

Give  the  four  principal  parts  (including  the  participls 
in  ing)  of  each  of  the  irregular  verbs  in 

Second  line:  (760) ;  (761) ;  (762) ;  (763) ; 

(764) ;  (765) ;  (766) ;  (767) . 

Seventh  line :  (768) ;  (769) ;  (770) ;  (771) . 

Eighth  line:  (772) ;  (773) ;  (774) ;  (775) . 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  and  describe  it  ae 
subject,  nominative,  predicate,  object,  adjective  modifier, 
adverbial  modifier,  or  attribute,  of  the  word  (expressed  or 
understood)  to  which  it  is  syntactically  related,  giving 
(hat  word : — 

First  line:  (776)  Day;  (777)  house;  (778)  his. 

Second  line :  (779)  Welcome. 

Fourth  line :  (780)  Never  ;  (781)  mind. 

Seventh  line :  (782)  Liking  ;  (783)  admission. 

Eighth  line:  (784)  Bay;  (785)  sit. 

Eleventh  line :  (786)  Which. 

(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

787-788.  Mention  each  infinitive  verb  in  the  exercise. 
What  nouns  do  the  following  pronouns  stand  for  :— 
First  line:  (789)  His. 
Fourth  line :  (790)  Your. 


GRAMMAR. 


Twelfth  line :  (WL)  Him. 

792-793.  MentioD  each  relative  pronoun  in  the  exerciae 
and  its  antecedent. 

Write  the  following  words  and  give  the  gender  of  each 
according  to  its  signification  as  here  used : — 

First  line :  (794)  Person  ;  (795)  which. 

Third  line :  (796)  Servant. 

Eleventh  line :  (797)  Visitor. 

798.  What  word  (not  included  in  the  exercise)  denoting 
masculine  gender  corresponds  to  maid  ? 

799.  What  word  denoting  feminine  gender  correspond* 
to  sir  ? 

800-801.  Mention  the  passive  verbs  contained  in  the 
exercise. 

802-803.  Give  the  mood  and  tense  of  "sit"  in  the  eighth 
line. 

804.  Change  "A  person  teas  told  by  the  servant"  to  the 
equivalent  expression  having  the  verb  active. 

805.  To  which  of  the  following  classes  of  words  does 
"v>el(l)come"  in  the  second  line  belong:  Primitive, 
derivative,  simple,  or  compound  ? 

806.  Why  is  "liking"  in  the  seventh  line  spelled  with- 
out an  e  ? 

807-808.  Change  "I'll  step  in"  in  the  eighth  line  to 
each  of  the  other  tense  forms  of  the  indicative  active, 
ffiving  the  tense  name  of  each. 


Examination  XXIII.    I^eb.  26,  787&* 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

H)  A  Fir,  upon  a  humble  Thorn, 
(•)   From  his  high  top,  looked  down  with  scorn. 
M"For  loftiest  spires  we  grow,"  he  said ; 
(••V'Of  us  the  tallest  masts  are  made, 
(^   While  thou,  poor  Bramble,  canst  produce 
t  j   Nothing  of  ornament  or  use." 
t "Great  tree,"  the  modest  Thorn  replied, 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(8)  "When  the  sharp  axe  shall  pierce  your  side, 

(9)  In  vain  yon  then  may  wish  to  be, 

(10)    Unsought  for  and  unknown  like  me." 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words  and  its  part  qf 
speech  (or  class  of  words)  as  here  used : — 

First  line :  (809)  Tfpon  ;  (810)  humble. 

Second  line:  (811)  Looked;  (812)  down. 

Eighth  line;  (813)  Side. 

Ninth  line:  (814)  Then;  (815)  wish. 

Tenth  line :  (816)  Unknown  ;  (817)  like. 

Select  from  the  exercise,  and  write  in  a  column,  eighi 
words  which  are  used  as  simple  subjects,  numbering  them 
from  (818-825)  inclusively:  and  opposite  each  of  these 
subjects  write  the  verb  (principal  and  auxiliary,  if  any,) 
agreeing  with  it. 

Give  the  rule  of  syntax  for  (828)  subject  words,  and  that 
for  (829)  finite  xerbs.  \igst-  The  language  of  the  rule,  and 
not  merely  its  number,  is  to  be  given.] 

Write  in  a  column  all  the  finite  verbs  in  the  exercise, 
(including  auxiliaries,  if  any,)  and  opposite  each  verb 
give  its  voice  (or  form.)  mood,  tense,  person  and  number, 
arranging  the  work  thus : — 


71 

lie    -rr    . 

,h    Voice. 

Mood. 

Tense. 

Pason. 

dumber. 

-.     (830) — 

(831)-: 

(832)  — ; 

(833)  — ; 

(834)—. 

(835) — 

;     (836) — 

;      (837) — 

;      (838) — 

;      (839)  — . 

(840)  — 

;      (841)  — 

;      (842) — 

;      (843) — 

(844)  — . 

(845)- 

(846) — 

(847)  — 

(84S)- 

(849)  — . 

(850)  — 

:      (851) — 

;      (852) — 

(853) — 

;      (854)—. 

.     (855)-; 

(856)  — ; 

(857) — ; 

(858;—: 

(859)  — . 

(860)  — 

(861) — 

(862)  — 

(863) — 

(864)  — . 

.     (865) — 

(866) — 

(867) — 

(868)  — 

(869)  -> 

(3:3( 

)-4:30  P.  m. 

) 

What  noum 

>  do  the  fol 

lowing  pro 

Douns  stan 

d  for:— 

Second  line 

:  (870)  His 

i 

I 

lighth  line 

:  (871)  You 

r 

GRAMMAR. 


872.  What  is  the  grammatical  gender  of  "w*M  in  the 
third  line  ? 

Write  in  a  column  all  the  prepositional  phrases  con- 
tained in  the  first  four  lines  of  the  exercise,  and  before 
each  phrase  write  the  word  to  which  such  phrase  syntac- 
tically relates :   (873)  ;   (874) ;   (875)  , 

(876) . 

Give  the  four  principal  parts  (including  the  participle 

ba  ing)  of  the  verb  in  the  fourth  line :    (877) ;  (878) 

;  (879) ;  (880) . 

Change  the  fifth  and  sixth  lines  to  the  equivalent  ex- 
pression, having   the  verb  passive.     If  correct  in    all 

respects,  the  answer  may  count  as  (881)  ;    (882) 

;  (883) . 

In  what  case  is  (884)  "wse"  in  the  sixth  line? 

What  is  the  syntax  of  (885)  "Bramble"  in  the  fifth  line  / 

886.  Change  the  ninth  line  to  the  corresponding  form, 
having  the  verb  in  the  indicative  mood. 

Change  the  eighth  line  to  the  corresponding  forms, 
having  the  verb  in  the  (887)  perfect,  or  future  perfect  tense, 
and  in  the  (888)  secoixd  future,  or  future  perfect  tense. 

What  "figure  of  speech"  is  employed  in  the  above  ex- 
ercise? The  correct  answer  to  this  question  may  be 
counted  as  one. 


Examination  XXI Y.     Jiine.  A,  787&» 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

889-896.  Make  a  list  of  the  eight  parts  of  speech  (or 
classes  of  words)  and  define  each. 

897.  Compare  an  adjective  by  one  of  the  two  regula* 
modes  of  comparison,  and  an  (898)  adverb  by  the  other. 

Write  the  plurals  of  (899) Elegy  ;  (900)  church;  and  (901) 
piece;  and  state  in  what  way  each  plural  is  formed. 

According  to  what  rule  or  principal  is  ()02)  voHteinf 
made  writing ;  and  (903)  n  doubled  in  beginning? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Write  in  a  column  the  following  names,  with  the  pre- 
fixed numbers,  and  annex  to  each  name  an  example  of 
the  class  which  it  represents :  (901)  Vowel ;  (905)  liquid  ; 
(906)  palatal;  (907)  double  consonant ;  (908)  diphthong ; 
(909)  word,  primitive;  (910)  derivative;  (911)  compound; 
(912)  sentence,  simple;  (913)  compound;  (914)  adjective^ 
ordinal. 

915-918.  What  modifications  (properties  or  accidents) 
belong  to  nouns,  and  what  are  the  several  kinds  of  each  ? 

Mention  two  modifications  belonging  to  verbs  only,  with 
their  kinds:  (919) ;  (920) . 

Conjugate  the  verb  "see"  according  to  the  following 
outline : — 

921.  Principal  Parts  (including  participle  in  ing,) 
writing  its  name  over  each  part. 


Indicative  Mood,  First  Person,  Plural. 

Name  of  Tense.  Active  Form.  Passive  Form. 

933 

933 

924 

935 

936 

937 


Potential,  Third,  Plural. 


928- 
929- 
930 
931- 

982 
933 

964 


Subjunctive,  Third,  Singular. 


Imperative,  Second,  Plural. 


GRAMMAR. 

Infinitives. 


MS-- 
936  — 


Participles. 
987 

988 


(3:30-4:30  P.  M.) 

(»)  "Gkay's  'Megy  Written  in  a  Country  Churchyard1  is 
(3)  a  masterpiece  from  beginning  to  end.  The  thoughts, 
(»)  indeed,  are  obvious  enough,  but  the  dignity  with  which 
(<)  they  are  expressed,  the  immense  range  of  allusion  and 
(»)  description  with  which  they  are  illustrated,  and  the 
(•)  finished  grace  of  the  language  and  versification^  in 

(7)  which  they  are  embodied,  give  to  this  work  something 

(8)  of  that  inimitable  perfection  of  design  and  execution 
(•)  which  we  see  in  an  antique  statue  or  a  sculptured 

(»)  gem." — Shaw's  English  Literature. 

Analyze  the  first  sentence  of  the  exercise,  giving  (939) 
the  simple  (or  grammatical)  subject;  (940)  the  simple  pred- 
icate; (941)  the  modified  (or  logical)  subject;  and  (942)  the 
modified  predicate. 

Write  in  a  column  all  the  prepositional  phrases  in  the 
first  sentence  of  the  exercise,  and  prefix  to  each  the  word 

(or  words)  which  it  modifies :   (943)  ;  (944)  ; 

(946) . 

Parse  (946)  written ;  (947)  country ;  (948)  masterpiece. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  and  describe  it  as 
subject,  predicate,  object,  adjective  modifier,  adverbial  modi- 
fier, or  attribute,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  word  or  words 
to  which  it  is  syntactically  related,  giving  such  word  or 
words : — 

Third  line:  (949)  Obvious;  (950)  enough. 

Fourth  line :  (951)  They ;  (952)  range. 

Fifth  line:  (953)  Which. 

Sixth  and  seventh  lines:  (954)  Give;  (955)  versification, 
$956)  something. 

Ninth  line:  (957)  Which. 


/ 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


958-965.  Write  in  a  column  all  the  personal  and  relative 
pronouns  of  the  exercise  in  the  order  in  which  they  occur, 
and  annex  to  each  ithe  noun  or  nouns  (expressed  or  under* 
stood)  for  which  it  stands. 

If  the  last  word  of  the  second  line  were  made  singular, 
what  other  words  following  in  the  sentence  would  also, 
on  that  account,  require  to  be  changed  as  often  as  each 
occurs  ?    (966) to ;  (967) to . 

968.  Change  "which  we  see"  in  the  ninth  line  to  the 
equivalent  expression,  having  the  verb  passive. 


Examination  XXV,     Nov.  5,  f87&' 
(1:30-3:30  P.  M.) 

Define  each  of  the  following  grammatical  terms :  (969) 
Grammar  ;  (970)  English  Grammar  ;  (971)  a  letter  of  the 
alphabet;  (972)  a  syllable;  (973)  a  word;  (974)  a  phrase; 
(975)  a  clause  ;  (976)  a  sentence. 

977-980.  Into  what  four  parts  is  grammar  usually 
divided  ? 

981.  Which  one  of  those  parts  is  usually  studied  in  the 
spelling  book  ? 

982.  To  which  one  of  those  parts  does  punctuation 
belong  ? 

Mention  the  several  modifications  {properties  or  acci- 
dents') of  nouns ;  the  different  kinds  of  each  modification ; 
and  give  a  specimen  noun  of  each  kind,  arranging  the 
whole  thus : — 

Modifications.     Kinds  or  Each.     Specimen  Nouns, 


987- 

983 -     985 i-f 988- 

989- 


990- 

984— < 986 { 991- 

993 


i 
I 


GRAMMAK. 


( 997- 

993 995 J 998- 

( 999- 

( 1000- 


994 996 { 1001- 

1002- 


1003-1007.  Decline  each  of  the  personal  pronouns, 
arranging  the  work  in  regular  form. 

1008.  Mention  four  words  commonly  used  as  relative 
pronouns. 

Give  an  example  of  a  (1009)  regular,  and  of  an  irregu1.ar 
comparison  of  adjectives. 

1010-1015.  Give  the  passive,  first  person,  plural  forms 
of  the  verb  "examine"  in  the  several  tenses  of  the  indica- 
tive mood,  prefixing  the  name  of  the  tense  of  each  form. 

1016.  Give  the  active  imperative,  the  (1017)  passive  in- 
finitive, and  the  (1018)  participial  forms  of  same  verb 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

0)  "If  our  overworked  professional  men  and  students 
(a)  should  imitate  Sir  Henry  Holland  in  taking  an  annual 
(8)  two  months'  vacation,  and  once  a  year,  like  Antaeus, 
(4)  touch  old  mother  earth  among  the  salmon  and  trout 

(6)  streams  of  the  breezy  Canadian  hills  or  Adirondacka, 
(8)  they  would  return  vastly  invigorated  to  battle  with  the 

(7)  realities  of  city  life.  Let  no  novice  be  deterred  from  a 
(*)  trial,  for  he  will  find  it  very  exhilarating,  even  if  for 

<10)  a  time  he  take  no  fish."—  The  Galaxy,  Nov., '74,  p.  617. 

Write  the  first  verb  of  the  exercise,  and  give  its  (1019; 
subject;  (1020)  object;  (1021)  mood;  and  (1022)  tense. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  and  describe  it  as 
subject,  predicate,  object,  adjective  modifier,  or  adverbial 
modifier,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  word  or  words  (ex- 
pressed or  understood)  to  which  it  is  syntactically  related, 
giving  such  word  or  words : — 

First  line :  (1023)  Overworked. 

Second  line :  (1024)  Taking. 

Third  line :  (1025)  Months';  (1026)  vacation ;  (1027)  year 
(  028)  Antceus. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Fourth  line:  (1039)  Touch;  (1030)  mother ;  (1031) earth ; 
(1032)  trout 

Fifth  line:  (1033)  Streams;  (1034)  Adirondack*. 

Sixth  line:  (1035)  Invigorated;  (1036)  battle. 

Seventh  line :  (1037)  City. 

Ninth  line:  (1038)  He;  (1039)  it;  (1040)  very;  (1041) 
exhilarating. 

1042.  What  passive  verb  occurs  in  the  exercise  ? 

1043.  Change  "even  if  for  a  time  he  take  no  fish"  in  the 
ninth  and  tenth  lines  to  the  equivalent  expression,  having 
the  verb  passive. 

1044.  Give  the  four  principal  parts  of  "take"  in  the 
tenth  line,  (including  the  participle  in  ing.) 

1045.  Parse  "If,"  (first  line.) 

1046.  Parse  "In,"  (second  line.) 

1047.  Parse  "  Old,"  (fourth  line.) 

1048.  Parse  "No,"  (seventh  line.) 

In  parsing  give  the  rule  of  syntax  for  each  of  theee 
words. 


Examination  XXYI.     Feb.  26,  7876. 

(1:30-5:00  P.  M.) 

1049.  Write  and  define  or  describe  each  of  the  following 
grammatical  terms :  (1050)  Pei-son ;  (1051)  number ;  (1052) 
case ;  (1053)  pronoun ;  (1054)  relative  pronoun ;  (1055) 
tense  ;  (1056)  interjection. 

1057.  Write  a  sentence  (or  sentences)  containing  eight 
different  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of  words,)  and  (1058- 
1065)  above  one  word  of  each  class  write  the  name  of  the 
part  of  Bpeech  to  which  it  belongs. 

Write  an  example  of  (1066)  a  noun  in  the  possessive 
ease;  (1067)  a  personal  pronoun  in  theirs*  person,  plural; 

(1068)  a  relative  pronoun  in  the  objective  form ;   and  a 

(1069)  verb  in  the  passive,  indicative,  present. 


GRAMMAR. 


Write  the  different  kinds  of  each  modification  (property 
or  aoeident)  of  verbs  as  named  below,  and  give  an  example 
of  each  kind  from  the  verb  "  see,"  with  a  subject  prefixed, 
arranging  the  work  tbus : — 


Modifica- 
tions. 

Voice, 
(or  Form.) 


Mood. 


Tense. 


Person.- 


Dlumber.- 


Kinds  or  EACH 
Modification. 


-1070  \ 


fl071- 
1072- 
1073- 
1074- 
1075- 

1076- 
1077- 
1078- 
1079- 
1080- 
1081- 


-1082 


! 


-1083  \ 


Examples  from  verb 
see,  with  subjects. 


j  1084- 
I  1085- 


fl086- 
1087- 
1088- 
1089- 
1090- 


fl091- 
1092- 
1093- 
1094- 
1095- 
1096- 


1097 


I 


1098 


'Answers  to  the  following  a.ipplementary  questions 
may  be  added,  for  which  due  credit  will  be  given  : — 

1099.  What  is  the  name  of  that  part  of  Grammar  which 
includes  the  classification  and  inflection  of  words  ? 

Give  a  suitable  form  or  model  for  parsing  (1100)  a  noun; 
(1101)  an  adjective;  (1102)  a  relative  pronoun;  and  (1103) 
a  preposition. 

Mention  a  numerical  adjective  of  the  (1104)  cardinal  and 
ane  of  the  (1105)  ordinal  kind. 

1106  Give  the  principal  parte  of  the  verb  "give" 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIOH8. 


(8:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

(l)  "  Socrates  was  never  in  haste  that  his  followers  should 
(')  become  skilful  in  speaking,  in  action,  or  in  invention ; 
<s)  but,  previously  to  such  accomplishments,  he  thought 
(*)  it  proper  that  a  love  of  self-control  should  be  instilled 
(*/  into  them ;  for  he  considered  that  persons  who  had 
i6)  acquired  those  qualifications  were,  if  devoid  of  self- 
(7)  control,  only  better  fitted  to  commit  injustice  and  do 
{*)  mischief." — Memorabilia,  IV.,  Hi.  1. 

Mention  the  (1107)  subject;  (1108)  the  simple  (or  gram- 
matical) predicate ;  (1109)  the  modified  (or  logical)  predi- 
cate; aud  (1110)  the  adjuncts  (or  modifiers)  contained  in 
the  proposition,  "Socrates  was  never  in  haste." 

1111.  By  what  is  this  proposition  further  modified, 
limited  or  explained  in  the  exercise? 

1112.  Write  the  proposition  beginning  with  "his"  (first 
line,)  and  give  (1113)  the  simple  (or  grammatical) subject ; 
(1114)  the  modified  (or  logical)  predicate ;  (11 15)  the  copu- 
lative and  (1116)  the  attribute  of  the  predicate;  (1117)  the 
adjunct  (or  modifier)  of  the  subject ;  and  (1118)  the  adjuncts 
(or  modifiers)  of  the  predicate.  (Designate  each  of  these 
answers  by  one  of  the  above  names.) 


What  other  words  of  the 
exercise  are  used  as  simple 
(or  grammatical)  subjects  ? 


Write  after  these  subjects, 
the  verbs  (principal  and 
auxiliary,  if  any,)  agreeing 
with  them : — 

1119 1124 

1120 1125 

1121 1126 

1122 1127 — 

1123 1128 

Which  verbs  of  the  exercise  are  in  the  potential  mood  ? 

<1129) ■;  (1130) ;   and  which  in  the  infinitive  t 

(1131) ;  (1132) . 

Compare  (1133)  the  adjective  in  the  second  line ;  and 
(1134)  "better"  in  the  seventh  line. 

Fane  (1135)  "previously"  in  the  third  line;  and(li»j 
the  first  verb  in  the  sixth  line. 


GRAMMAR. 

Examination  XXYII.    June  St  1876. 

(3:30-4:80  P.  M.) 

1137-  Mention  the  four  general  divisions  of  Grammar. 
Under  which  of  these  general  divisions  is  each  of  ths 
following  subjects  included : — 

1138.  Classification  of  woi-ds  as  to  use. 

1139.  Classification  of  letters. 

1140.  Rules  for  agreement  and  government  of  words. 

1141.  Versification  {or  poetry.') 
1143.  Rules  for  spelling. 

Give  a  proper  definition  of  each  of  the  following 
terms.  §iP  Be  careful  to  mention  the  term  defined,  in 
connection  with  each  definition :  (1143)  Verb;  (1144) pas- 
sive verb;  (1145)  irregular  verb;  (1146)  intransitive  verb ; 
(1147)  mood;  (1148)  potential  mood;  (1149)  tense;  (1150) 
future  tense;  (1151)  preposition ;  (1152)  conjunction. 
Write  a  sentence  containing,  respectively,  an  example  of 

1153.  An  adjective  in  the  comparative  degree. 

1154.  An  adverb  of  manner. 

1155.  A  disjunctive  conjunction. 

1156.  An  infinitive  verb  urithout  "to"  prefixed, 

1157.  A  relative  pronoun  in  the  objective  ease. 

1158.  Why  are  certain  parts  of  verbs  called  principal 
parts  ? 

1159-1161.  Which  are  the  three  principal  parts  of  verbs, 
(other  than  the  present  participle  ?) 

Write  (1162)  a  regular  verb,  and  (1163)  an  irregular  verb, 
and  place  after  each  its  additional  principal  parts,  (in- 
cluding the  participal  in  ing.) 

1164.  Decline  the  personal  pronoun  of  the  third  person, 
feminine  gender. 

Give  an  example  of  the  comparison  of  adjectives  (1165) 
fry  prefixes,  and  (1166)  by  suffixes. 

Give  the  rule  of  syntax  for 

1167.  A  verb  agreeing  with  two  or  more  subjects 
aected  by  "and." 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


1168.  A  pronoun,  as  related  to  its  antecedent  noun. 

1169.  For  same  cases  before  and  after  verbs. 

1170.  For  a  verb  in  tbe  infinitive  mood. 

1171-1183.  Give  the  active  and  passive  forms  of  "  strike^ 
with  "J"  (or  "thou")  as  the  subject  of  each,  in  the  several 
tenses  of  the  finite  moods ;  also,  (1184)  the  present  infini- 
tives, and  (1185)  present  participles,  active  and  passive. 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

(J)  "Our  fathers  raised  their  flags  against  a  power  to 
(2)  which,  for  purposes  of  foreign  conquest  and  subjuga- 
(8)  tion,  Rome,  in  the  height  of  her  glory,  is  not  to  be 
(4)  compared, — a  power  which  has  dotted  the  surface  of 

(6)  the  whole  globe  with  her  possessions  and  military  posts, 
(e)  whose  morning  drum- beat,  following  the  sun  in  his 

(7)  course  and  keeping  pace  with  the  hours,  circles  the 

(8)  earth  with  one  continuous  and  unbroken  strain  of  the 
(»)  martial  airs  of  England." — Webster. 

1186.  Write  the  first  verb  of  the  exercise  and  give  its 
subject  and  object. 

What  other  (1187)  finite  verbs,  what  (1188)  infinitive  and 
(1189)  participles  occur  in  the  exercise  ? 

1190.  Change  "which  has  dotted  the  surface  of  the  whole 
globe "  to  the  equivalent  expression,  having  the  verb  in 
the  passive  voice  (or  form.) 

1191-1198.  Write  in  a  column  (midway  between  the 
right  and  left  sides  of  your  paper)  the  several  prepositions 
in  the  first,  second,  fourth  and  eighth  lines,  and  place 
before  and  after  each  preposition  the  words  between 
which  it  shows  relation. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words,  giving  its  part  of 
speech  (or  class,~)  and  describe  it  as  the  subject,  object, 
predicate,  adjective  modifier,  or  connective,  as  the  case  may 
be,  of  the  word  or  words  to  which  it  is  syntactically 
related,  giving  such  word  or  words : — 

First  line :  (1199)  Their. 

Second  and  third  lines:  (1200)  Subjugation;  (1201) Bom*. 

Fourth  line :  (1202)  Surface. 


GRAMMAR. 


Fifth  and  sixth  lines :  (1203;  Posts;  (1204)  whose;  (1305) 
and  ;  (1206)  sun. 

Seventh  line:  (1207)  Keeping;  (1208)  circles. 

Eighth  line :  (1209)  Strain. 

1210.  In  what  case  is  "power"  in  the  fourth  line? 

Parse  (1211)  the  first  verb,  and  (1212)  the  second  verb  in 
the  third  line ;  (1213)  morning,  (1214)  drum-beat,  (1215) 
following,  in  the  sixth  line. 

^°In  parsing  be  careful  to  give  the  properties  {modifi- 
cations or  attributes)  of  nouns  and  verbs,  and  the  syntax 
of  each  word. 

1216.  Select  a  derivative  word  from  the  eighth  line. 


Exami7iatio?i  XXVIII.     Nov.  £,  7875. 
(1:30-3:00  p.  M.) 

1.  ''Sing  to  me,  dearest  nightingale,"  said  a  shepherd  to 
the  silent  songstress,  one  beautiful  spring  evening. 

2.  "Alas!"  said  the  nightingale,  "the  frogs  make  so 
much  noise  that  I  have  no  inclination  to  sing.  Do  you 
not  hear  them  ?  " 

3.  "Undoubtedly  I  hear  them,"  replied  the  shepherd, 
"but  it  is  owing  to  your  silence." 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words,  with  its  number 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter  the  part  of  speech 
(or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs :  — 

First  paragraph :  (1217)  Sing;  (1218)  to;  (1219)  me; 
(1220)  dearest;  (1221)  nightingale;  (1222)  spring. 

Second  paragraph:  (1223)  Alas;  (1224)  so;  (1225)  that; 
(1226)  no. 

Third  paragraph :  (1227)  Owing. 

Write  each  one  of  the  following  words,  with  its  number 
prefixed,  and  immediately  thereafter  describe  it  as  the 
subject,  predicate,  object,  adjective  modifier,  or  adverbial 
modifier,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  the  word  to  which  it  if 
t yntactically  related :— 


THE   REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


Firat  paragraph :  (1228)  Sing;  (1229)  said  ;  (1230)  silent ; 
(1231)  songstress  ;  (1232)  one  ;  (1233)  evening. 

Second  paragraph:  (1234)  Noise;  (1235)  inclination; 
(1236)  sing. 

Third  paragraph :  (1237)  Owing ;  (1238)  silence. 

Select  from  the  third  paragraph  a  word  in  the  (1239) 
nominative,  one  in  the  (1240)  possessive,  and  one  in  the 
(1241)  objective  case. 

Mention  the  second  verb  of  the  second  paragraph,  and 
give  its  (1242)  voice  (or  form;)  (1243)  mood;  (1244)  tense; 
and  (1245)  subject ;  also,  the  (1246)  first,  (1247)  second,  and 
'1248)  third  principal  parts  of  the  same  verb. 

Change  "frogs  maJce^  to  each  of  the  other  tense  forma 
of  the  indicative  and  potential  moods,  giving  the  names  of 
Senses,  and  arranging  them  as  follows : — 

Tenses.  Indicative  Mood.    Potential  Mood. 

Present.  Frogs  make.  (1254) 

(1249) (1255) 

, (1250) (1256) 

(1251) s (1257) — 

(1252)  

(1253) 

Give  the  (1258)  positive  and  (1259)  comparative  forms  ot 
the  first  adjective  ;  also,  the  (1260)  comparative  and  (1261) 
superlative  of  the  last  adjective  in  the  first  paragraph  that 
admits  of  comparison. 

Select  from  the  exercises  a  personal  pronoun  of  each  of 
the  following  forms :  (1262)  First  person,  singular  number , 
nominative  case ;  (1263)  first  person,  singular,  objective; 
(1264)  second  person,  singular,  nominative  ;  (1265)  second 
person,  singular,  possessive ;  (1266)  third  person,  singular, 
nominative ;  (1267)  third  person,  plural,  objective. 

Give  the  word  which  each  prepositional  phrase  (or  ad* 
fund,  modifies: — 

First  paragraph :   (1268)  ;   (1269)  ;  (1270) 

■■  ■  ■  (preposition  understood.) 


GRAMMAR. 




Second  paragraph :  (1271) (infinitive.) 

Third  paragraph :  (1272) . 

Parse  (1273)  Undoubtedly;  (1274)  I;  (1275)  hear;  (1278) 
(hem, 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

1.  "As  a  man,  who  was  deeply  involved  in  debt,  wai 
walking  in  the  street  with  a  very  melancholy  air,  one  of 
his  acquaintances  asked  him  why  he  was  so  sorrowful. 

2.  'Alas ! '  said  he,  '  I  am  in  a  state  of  insolvency.' 

3.  'Well,'  said  his  friend,  'if  that  is  the  case,  it  is  not 
you,  but  your  creditors,  who  ought  to  wear  a  woeful 
countenance.' " 

1277.  What  word  of  the  exercise  has  no  syntax? 

1278.  Select  from  the  exercise  an  example  of  a  simple 
sentence  (or  independent  proposition.) 

1279.  Is  the  first  sentence  simple  or  compound,  or  com- 
plex? 

1280.  What  is  the  grammatical  subject  of  the  principal 
(or  independent)  clause  of  the  third  sentence  ? 

1281.  Change  "was  walking"  to  the  form  of  the  plu- 
perfect (past  perfect  or  prior  past)  tense  of  the  same 
mood. 

1282.  Change  the  verb  of  the  expression  uwas  deeply 
involved  "  to  the  potet.dal  mood,  perfect  (present  perfect  or 
prior  present)  tense  of  the  same  voice  (or  form.) 

1283.  Change  ' '  one  of  his  acquaintances  asked  him  "  to 
its  equivalent,  having  the  verb  in  the  passive  voice. 

1284.  Change  "if  that  is  the  case"  so  that  the  verb 
shall  be  subjunctive  in  form,  and  (1285)  parse  "case." 

1286.  In  what  number  is  "who"  in  the  third  sentence ? 

1287.  In  what  words  was  the  question  referred  to  in  the 
first  sentence  put  by  the  asker  (or  speaker  ?) 

1288.  What  words  does  "with"  in  the  first  sentence 
connect  or  show  the  relation  between  ? 

1289.  What  interrogative  word  occurs  in  the  first  sen* 
fence? 

1290.  What  kind  of  conjunction  is  "but?" 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


1291.  In  what  case  is  the  word   "case"  in  the  third 
sentence  ? 

1292.  In  what  tense  is  "ought"  in  the  third  sentence? 

1293.  In  what  case  is  "countenance '*  in  the  third  sen 
tence  ? 

1294.  What  word  (potential  mood  sign)  might  be  sub- 
stituted for  "ought  to"  in  the  third  sentence? 

1295.  Of  what  words  is  "woeful"  compounded? 

1296.  Which  one  of  the  five  permanent  vowels  doea  not 
occnr  in  "  countenance  ?  " 


Examination  XXIX.     Feb.  21,  7876. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

1297-1298.  Mention  and  define  the  two  parts  of  speech 
(or  classes  of  words)  most  frequently  used. 

Decline,  in  full,  (1299)  we ;  (1300)  her ;  (1301)  who. 

Give  the  two  positives  of  (1302-1303)  worse,  and  those 
of  (1304-1305)  most. 

Write  a  sentence  (or  sentences)  in  which  that  is  properly 
used  as  (1306)  a  relative;  (1307)  an  adjective;  (1308)  a 
conjunction. 

1309.  Correct,  "The  teacher  sent  for  you  and  I"  and 
(3310)  give  the  reason  for  the  correction. 

1811.  Change  the  sentence,  "Those  girls  are  writing  on 
their  slates,"  by  making  the  subject  singular,  and  the 
words  corresponding  in  sense. 

1312.  What  kind  of  a  sentence,  as  to  form,  is  that  quoted 
in  question  1311 ;  and  (1313)  what  would  the  sentence  be- 
come if  changed  to  the  interrogative  form  ? 

1314-1315.  Change  the  sentence,  "I  shall  go,"  and  "I 
will  go,"  by  making  each  subject  of  the  third  person, 
singular,  and  by  using  the  proper  auxiliary  to  expreei 
future  time  simply,  in  the  former  sentence,  and  a  purpom 
or  determination  in  the  latter. 


GKAMMAR. 


1816-1317.  Correct,  "Four  month's  interest  are  due  on 
this  note,"  and  (1318-1319)  give  the  reasons  for  eacn 
correction. 

Define  (1320 )  mood;  (1321)  tense;  (1322) person ;  (1323) 
number ;  as  applied  to  verbs. 

1324-1328.  Write  in  a  column  the  names  of  the  several 
moods  of  verbs,  and  after  each  name  give  a  sentence 
containing  a  verb  in  that  mood. 

1329-1335.  Write  in  a  column  the  names  of  the  several 
tenses  of  verbs,  and  after  each  name  give  the  correspond- 
ing tense-form  of  some  verb  in  the  indicative  mood. 

Give  the  principal  parts  of  (1336)  rise;  (1337)  raise; 
(1838)  sit;  (1339)  set;  and  (1340-1342)  write  sentences 
containing  an  example  of  the  proper  use  of  each  of  these 
verbs. 

How  is  the  (1343)  passive  voice  (or  form.)  of  any  verb 
formed  ?  and  how  tbe  (1344)  progressive  form  ? 

Write  two  sentences,  in  one  of  which  (1345)  a  phrase, 
and  in  the  other  (1346)  a  clause  (or  proposition)  is  used  as 
the  subject. 

Give  the  principal  parts  of  each  of  the  following  verba : 
(1847)  were;  (1348)  went;  (1349)  had  fought;  (1350)  might 
have  been  found ;  (1351)  may  have  talked. 

Analyze  the  sentence,  (1352)  "Let  him  go;"  (1353-1355) 
and  parse  each  word. 

1356.  What  particular  name  is  given  to  that  part  of  a 
verb  which  ends  in  ing  ? 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

(*)  "These  things  that  are  not  practicable,  are  not  desir- 
(*)  able.  There  is  nothing  in  the  world  really  beneficial 
(*)  that  does  not  lie  within  the  reach  of  an  informed  under- 
(*)  standing  and  a  well-directed  pursuit.  There  is  nothing 
(*)  that  God  has  judged  good  for  us  that  he  has  not  given 
(•)  us  the  means  to  accomplish,  both  in  the  natural  and 
(*)  the  moral  world.  If  we  cry,  like  children,  for  th« 
(•)  moon,  like  children  we  must  cry  on." — Burke. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Write  each  of  the  following  words,  with  its  number 
prefixed,  mention  its  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words,) 
and  describe  it  as  the  subject,  predicate,  object,  adjective 
modifier,  adverbial  modifier,  or  connective,  as  the  case  may 
be,  of  the  word  or  words  to  which  it  is  grammatically 
related,  giving  such  word  or  words : — 

First  line:  (1357)  That;  (1358)  the  second  verb. 

Second  line :  (1359)  Nothing;  (1360)  beneficial 

Third  line :  (1361)  The  verb  in  that  line. 

Fourth  line :  (1362)  Pursuit. 

Fifth  line:  (1363)  That. 

Sixth  line:  (1364)  Us. 

Seventh  line  :  (1365)  Like. 

Eighth  line:  (1366)  On. 

Make  a  list  of  the  (1367)  auxiliary  ver*bs  in  the  exercise, 
and  the  (1368)  conjunctions. 

Parse  each  of  the  following  as  contained  in  the  exercise 
^"  In  parsing,  give  each  modification  (property  or  ac- 
cident) and  the  syntax  of  each  word : — 

1369.  The  proper  noun. 

1370.  The  verb  in  the  infinitive  mood. 

1371.  The  verb  in  the  potential  mood. 

1372.  The  verb  in  the  fifth  line. 

1373.  "Children,"  (eighth  line.) 

1374.  What  is  the  principal  (or  leading)  clause  (or  pro- 
position) of  the  last  sentence  of  the  exercise ;  and  (1375) 
what  the  subordinate  clause  ? 

1876.  Parse  "botii,"  (sixth  line.) 


Examination  XXX.    June,  8,  7876. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

1877.  Of  what  does  Etymology  treat  ? 

1878.  What  are  the  parts  of  speech  or  classes  into 
which  words  are  divided  ? 


GKAMMAR. 


1879.  Which  of  these  modify,  limit,  or  qualify  th« 
meaning  of  nouns  ? 

1380.  Which  of  verbs,  adjectives  and  adverbs  ? 

1381.  What  is  the  subject  of  a  sentence  ? 

1382.  What  is  the  predicate  ? 

"The  pleasures  of  sense  resemble  a  foaming  torrent, 
which,  after  a  disorderly  course,  speedily  runs  out  and 
leaves  an  empty  and  offensive  channel." 

1383-1387.  In  the  above  sentence,  name  the  nouns,  and 
state  of  each  whether  it  is  subject  or  object,  and  of  what  ? 

1388.  Name  the  pronoun,  and  state  the  same  of  it. 

1389-1391.  Name  the  adjectives,  and  the  noun  each 
qualifies. 

1392-1393.  Name  the  adverbs,  and  tbe  word  each  modi- 
fies or  qualifies. 

1394-1395.  Name  the  prepositions,  and  the  words  be- 
tween which  they  show  the  relation. 

1396-1397.  Name  the  conjunctions,  and  the  words  each 
connect. 

1398-1401.  Name  the  articles,  and  the  nouns  they  limit. 

Name  the  plural  of  the  following  nouns  :  (1402)  lady ; 
(1403)  valley;  (1404) pailful ;  (1405)  memorandum;  (1406) 
analysis. 

1407.  What  modifications  or  properties  have  nouns  and 
pronouns  ? 

1408.  What  have  verbs  ? 

1409-1413.  Give  the  modifications  of  each  of  the  nouni 
of  the  sentence,  "  The  pleasures  of  sense,"  etc. 

1414-1416.  Same  of  the  verbs. 

1417-1418.  How  do  you  determine  the  modifications  of 
pronouns  ? 

1419.  What  tenses  has  the  Potential  mood  ? 

1420.  Define  mood,  and  (1421)  name  the  several  mood*. 
1422.  Same  of  tense,  and  (1423)  the  several  tenses. 
1424-1426.  Give  an  example  of  the  moods  of  the  verb 

%Drite,  in  the  present  tense,  with  boy  as  subject,  i.  «.,  thoM 
moods  to  which  snch  a  subject  is  applicable. 


THE    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(3: 15-4:15  P.  M.) 

1427.  How  are  verbs  divided  in  regard  to  form  t 

1428.  How  in  regard  to  signification  ? 

1429.  What  determines  the  number  and  person  of  a 

verb  ? 

1430.  Does  the  object  of  a  verb  influence  its  number  and 

person  ? 

1431.  In  what  case  is  the  subject  of  a  verb  ? 

1432.  In  what  the  object  ? 

1433.  Have  the  nominative  and  objective  cases  of  nouna 
different  forms  ? 

1434.  How  are  these  cases  determined  ? 

1435.  To  what  is  a  noun  in  the  possessive  case  joined? 

1436.  What  does  the  noun  with  which  it  is  joined 
denote  ? 

If  the  following  sentences  are  ungrammatical,  correct 
them,  and  parse  the  word  corrected. 

1437-1438.  They  thought  it  was  me. 

1439-1440.  I  do  not  know  who  to  send. 

1441-1442.  The  man  sets  in  the  chair. 

1443-1444.  The  book  lays  on  the  table. 

1445-1446.  The  eldest  of  the  two  sons  attends  school. 

1447-1448.  The  general  with  his  soldiers  were  taken. 

1449-1450.  The  room  is  twenty  feet  long. 

1451-1452.  To  preach  and  to  practise  is  very  different 

1453-1454.  Write  the  participles  of  the  verb  love  in  th« 
active  form,  with  the  name  of  each. 

1455-1456.  The  same  of  the  passive  form. 


Examination  XXXI.    JYor.  9,  7876. 

(1:00-3:00  P.  M.) 
In  what  classes  are  simple  words  divided  with  refer- 
ence to  their  (1457-1459)  number  of  syllables  ;  (1160-1461) 
formation  ;  (1462-1469)  use  in  sentences  ? 


GRAMMAR. 

1470.  Give  the  singular  of  men,  teeth,  mice. 

How  are  adjectives  regularly  compared  to  express 
degrees  of  comparison  (1471)  below  the  positive  (or  of 
diminution),  and  (1472-1473)  above  the  positive  (or  of  in- 
crease) ? 

1474-1476.  Give  examples  of  comparison  to  illustrate 
answers  1471-1473. 

1477.  What  modification  have  some  adverbs  ? 

1478.  From  what  other  class  of  words  are  many  adverbs 
derived  ? 

1479.  Mention  four  general  classes  of  adverbs. 
1480-1482.  Mention  three  kinds  of  pronouns,  and  give  a 

definition  of  each  kind. 

1483-1488.  Write  the  objective  singular  of  each  simple 
pronoun  whose  form  is  varied  by  declension,  and  after 
each  of  these  objectives  write  a  sentence  containing 
it. 

1489-1491.  Which  of  the  pronouns  indicate,  by  their 
form,  the  gender  of  their  antecedent  nouns  ? 

1492.  To  what  parts  of  speech  do  cases  belong  ? 

1493-1494.  What  classes  of  verbs  do  not  admit  of  a 
passive  voice  (or  form)  ? 

1495.  Define  the  subjunctive  mood. 

1496-1498.  Which  moods  cannot  be  used  in  asking  ques- 
tions ? 

1499-1502.  Which  tenses  employ  auxiliaries  ? 

1503.  What  tense  must  be  used  to  denote  that  a  certain 
event  will  precede  some  other  event  referred  to  ? 

What  parts  of  speech  (or  kinds  of  words)  are  needed  to 
complete  the  two  following  sentences  ? 

1504.  It  must  be  done to-day to-morrow. 

1505.  Live peace all  men. 

1506-1508.  What  three  principal  statements  are  in- 
cluded in  the  exercise  of  parsing  ;  or,  of  what  does  pars- 
ing consist  ? 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

Write,  and  parse  in  full  each  italicized  word  in  the  fol- 
lowing sentence,  (including  auxiliaries,  of  course,  with 
their  principal  verbs) : 

1509-1520.  "The  best  authors  should  be  read  by  the 
student,  that  he  may  thus  insensibly  acquire  a  grace  and 
refinement  of  expression  which  no  arbitrary  rules  can 
give." 

Correct  the  following  examples  of  false  syntax,  and 
give  the  reason  for  the  correction,  and  the  syntax  of  the 
corrected  word  in  each : 

1521-1522.  He  is  to  be  married  to  I  don't  know  who. 

1523-1524.  Generation  after  generation  pass  away. 

1525-1526.  Young's  "Night  Thoughts"  area  gloomy 
but  instructive  poem. 

1527-1528.  On  that  occasion,  neither  he  nor  I  were  con- 
sulted. 

1529-1530.  Which  is  the  largest  number, — the  minuend 
or  the  subtrahend  ? 

1531-1532.  Pitt  was  the  pillar  who  upheld  the  state. 

1533-1534.  Our  teacher  told  us  that  air  had  weight. 

1535-15S6.  I  intend  to  have  written  to  him. 


Note. — In  the  plates  from  which  the  complete  illustrated 
volume  and  the  first  editions  of  this  pamphlet  were  print- 
ed, the  numbers  of  the  questions  from  Examination  XII 
were  too  great  by  24,  the  last  queetion  in  XI  being  num- 
bered 264,  and  the  first  in  XII  289.  In  this  edition,  the 
error  has  been  corrected.  The  corresponding  questions 
in  the  other  editions  may  be  found  by  adding  34  to  ail 
numbers  above  364  in  this  edition. 


GRAMMAR. 

Examination  XXXII.    March  /,  7877. 

(1:30-3:00  p.  m.) 

«  Be  thorough  in  every  study.  Passing  over  a  field 
b  of  study  has  been  compared  to  conquering  a  country. 
e  If  you  thoroughly  conquer  everything  you  meet,  you 
d  will  pass  on  from  victory  to  victory  ;  but  if  you  leave 
e  here  and  there  a  port  or  garrison  not  subdued,  you  will 
/  soon  have  an  army  hanging  on  your  rear,  and  your 
o  ground  will  soon  need  re-conquering.  Never  pass  over 
h  a  single  thing  without  understanding  all  that  can  be 
i  known  about  it.    Todd's  Student's  Manual,  ch.  iii,  4. 

Write  the  following  verbs,  and  the  voice  (or  form,  or 
kind)  ; — mood ;  tense ;  number,  person  and  subject  of  each ; 
(Count  number,  person  and  subject  as  one  ana.) 

1637-1540.  Be,  line  a. 

1641-1544.  Has  been  compared,  line  b. 

1545-1548.  Conquer,  line  c. 

1549-1552.  Meet,  line  c. 

1653-1556.   Will  need,  line  g. 

1657-1560.  Can  be  known,  lines  h,  i. 

1661.  What  is  an  active  verb  ?   Give  an  example. 

1662.  What  is  a  passive  verb  ?  Give  an  example. 

1663.  How  is  a  passive  verb  formed  f 

1664-1565.  In  has  been  compared,  what  modification 
(property  or  accident)  does  each  auxiliary  show? 

Write  the  following  words,  give  the  part  of  speech  (or 
class  of  words)  of  each,  state  how  it  is  used,— whether  ai 
subject,  predicate,  adjunct  (or  modifier),  object,  or  conned- 
fee, — and  give  the  word  (or  words  or  clauses)  with  which 
it  Is  so  connected : 

Line  a.  (1566)  thorough;  (1667)  every;  (1668)  pairing ; 
(1669)  over. 

Line  o.  (1570)  study  ;  (1571)  conquering  ; 

Lines  6,  o.  (1672)  country  ;  (1573)  everything. 

Line  d.  (1674)  on  ;  (1575)  but;  (1&76)  if. 

Lines  «,  /.  (1577)  tubdued ;  (1678)  soon. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS, 


Line  g.  (1579)  re-conquering  ;  (1580)  over. 

Line  h.  (1581)  understanding  ;  (1582)  aU  ;  (1583)  flfca*. 

Give  the  fonr  principal  parts  (including  present  partici* 

pie)   of  (1584)  meet,  line  c ;    (1585)  leave,  line  d  ;    (1586) 

lenovm,  line  i. 

(3:15-4:30  P.  M.) 

1587-1590.  Mention  and  define  each  of  the  four  princi- 
pal divisions  of  grammar. 

1591.  Define  the  imperative  mood. 

1592.  What  is  a  participle? 

1593.  What  is  an  adjective,  or  adjective  element  ? 

1594.  What  is  an  adverb,  or  adverbial  element  ? 

1595.  What  is  a  simple  or  grammatical  subject? 

1596.  What  is  a  logical  or  modified  subject  ? 

1597.  Answer  Q.  1595,  as  applied  to  sentence  2  of  the 
Exercise. 

1598.  Answer  Q.  1596,  as  applied  to  the  same  sentence, 

1599.  Select  an  adverbial  element  from  the  second 
sentence. 

1600.  Which  sentence  of  the  exercise  is  a  simple  de- 
clarative one? 

1601.  Which  sentence  is  compound  ?  and, 

1602.  Of  hovr  many  members  does  it  consist  ? 

1603.  What  word  connects  the  principal  members  ? 

1604.  In  the  member  ending  with  the  semi-colon,  what 
is  the  leading  or  principal  verb  ? 

1605.  The  member  following  the  semi-colon  has  what 
two  independent  (or  principal)  clauses  ?  and, 

1606.  What  word  connects  them  ?• 

Select  from  the  exercise  (1607)  a  possessive  and  (1608)  an 
objective  personal  pronoun ;  (1609)  a  verbal  noun ;  and 
(1610)  an  adjective  denoting  unity. 

Correct  the  following  sentences,  and  give  the  reason  for 
the  correction. 

1611-1612.  Me  being  present,  they  were  embarrassed. 


GRAMMAR, 


161S-1614.  Texas  is  larger  than  any  state  in  the  Union. 
1615-1616.  A  variety  of  objects  charm  the  eye. 


Examination  XXXIII,    June  7,7877. 

(1:30-3:00  p.  m.) 

A  Highlander,  who  sold  brooms,  went  into  a  barber's 
shop  in  Glasgow  to  be  shaved.  The  barber  took  one  of 
his  brooms,  and  after  having  shaved  him,  asked  the 
price  of  it.  "  Two  pence,"  said  the  Highlander.  "No, 
no,"  says  the  shaver,  "I'll give  you  a  penny,  and  if  that 
/jdoes  not  satisfy  you,  take  your  broom  again."  The 
a  Highlander  took  it  and  asked  what  he  had  to  pay.  "A 
n  penny,"  says  the  barber.  "  I'll  give  you  a  half -penny," 
i  says  Duncan,  "  and  if  that  does  not  satisfy  you,  put  on 
j  my  beard  again." 

1617.  What  modifications  (properties  or  accidents)  have 
nouns  and  pronouns  ?  (1618;  Verbs  ?  (1619)  Some  adjec- 
tives and  adverbs  ? 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  of  the  above  "  Ex- 
ercise," and  name  the  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words')  to 
which  it  belongs ;  give  its  several  modification*  ;  and  ite 
grammatical  relation  as  subject,  predicate  or  object,  ac  the 
case  may  be,  to  some  other  word  to  be  named : 

1620-1622.  Highlander,  line  a. 

1623-1625.  Who,  line  a. 

1626-1628.  Sold  line  a. 

1629-1631.  Brooms,  line  a, 

1632-1034.  Shop,  line  o. 

1635-1637.  Him,  line  c. 

1638-1610.  Asked,  line  e. 

1641-1643.  Take,  line/. 

1644-1646.  It,  line  g. 

Write  and  parse  each  of  the  following  words,  giving  iti 
part  of  speech  ;  modifications ;  and  syntax. 

1647-1649.  Barber's  line  a. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS, 


1650-1652   The  verb  in  line  5. 
1653-1655.  The  first  verb  in  line/. 
1656-1658.  The  second  verb  in  line/. 
1659-1661.  You,  line  i. 

1662.  What  participle  occnrs  in  the  Exercise  f 

1663.  What  kind  of  a  participle  is  it  ? 

1664.  As  partaking  of  the  nature  of  an  adjective,  to 
what  noun  does  that  participle  refer  ? 

1665.  As  partaking  of  the  nature  of  a  verb,  what  office 
does  it  perform  in  the  sentence  ? 

1666.  How  is  that  participle  related  in  construction  to 
the  word  before  it  ?  (1667).  If  that  word  were  omitted, 
what  would  be  the  syntax  of  the.  participle  ? 

1668.  What  is  the  corresponding  passive  form  at  the 
same  participle  ? 

(June  8,  3:15-4:30  r.  if.) 

Decline  the  following  words  of  the  Exercise: 

1669.  Eis,  line  e. 

1670.  Penny,  line  e. 

1671.  B,  line  g. 

Give  the  four  principal  parts  (including  present  partkfr 
pie)  of  the  following  verbs : 

1672.  Sold,  line  a. 

1673.  Went,  line  a. 

1674.  Took,  line  b. 

1675.  Asked,  line  c. 

1676.  Give,  line  e. 

1677.  Which  one  of  the  verbs  In  question  (1871H167S) 
to  regular,  and  (1678)  why  ? 

Select  from  tbe  Exercise : 

1679.  A  numeral  adjective  denoting  plurality. 

1680.  An  auxiliary  verb,  present  tense. 

1681.  An  auxiliary  verb,  future  tense. 

1682.  An  interrogative  pronoun. 


GRAMMAR. 


1683.  A  conditional  conjunction. 

1684.  An  adverb  of  negation ;  and  (1685)  etate  what 
verb  it  modifies. 

1686.  A  compound  noun. 
Parse  each  the  following  words: 

1687.  Pence,  line  d. 

1688.  What,  line  g. 

1689.  You,  line  i. 

1690.  On,  line  i. 

1691.  Beard,  line/. 

1693-1696.  Analyze  the  third  sentence. 


Examination  XXXIY.,  JYbv.  8,  1877* 

(3:15^-4:30  p.  m.) 

1.  Depend  upon  it,  friends,  if  a  straight  line  of  life 
will  not  pay,  a  crooked  one  will  not.  2.  Anything 
that  is  won  by  fraud  is  very  dangerous  gam.  3. 
It  may  give  a  moment's  peace  to  wear  a  mask,  but 
deception  will  come  home  to  you  and  bring  sorrow 
with  it.  4.  Honesty  is  the  best  policy.  5.  If  the 
lion's  skin  does  not  do,  never  try  the  fox's.  6.  Let 
your  face  and  hands,  like  the  cburch  clock,  always 
tell  how  your  inner  works  are  going.  7.  Better  is 
it  to  be  laughed  at  as  Tom  Tell-truth,  than  praised 
as  Crafty  Charlie.  8.  A,t  the  last,  the  upright  will 
have  their  reward. — \  John  Ploughman's  Talk,  p.  129. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  of  the  above  "  Exer- 
cise," and  name  the  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words,)  to 
which  it  belongs;  give  its  several  modifications  (proper' 
ties  or  accidents);  and  its  grammatical  relation  as  subject, 
predicate  or  object,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  some  other  word 
to  be  named. 

1697-1699.  It,  line  a. 

1700-1702.  Line,  line  a. 

1703-1705.  Pay,  line  6. 

1706-1708.  Anything,  line  b. 


a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
f 

I 


THE   EEGENT8'  QUESTION. 


1709-1711.  Thai,  line  c. 

1712-1714.  Gain,  line  e. 

1715-1717.  Peace,  line  d. 

1718-1720.  Bring,  line  e. 

1721-1723.  Skin,  line  g. 

1724-1726.  Try,  line  g. 

Write  and  purse  each  of  the  following  words,  giving  Ha 
part  of  speech ;  modifications  (properties,  or  accidents); 
and  syntax: 

1727-1729.  Depend,  line  a. 

1730-1732.  The  first  verb  in  line  c. 

1733-1735.  The  first  verb  in  line  d, 

1736-1738.  Fox's,  line  ?. 

1739-1741.  Tell,  line*. 

Write  and  parse  the  following  words : 

1742.  Friends,  line  a. 

1743.  One,  line  &. 

1744.  Wear,  line  d. 

1745.  J3e«er,  line  i. 

1746.  How  does  the  progressive  form  of  conjugation 
represent  an  action  or  event  ? 

1747.  Which  principal  part  of  a  verb,  and 

1748.  What  auxiliary  verb  are  used  in  the  progrtssiw 
form  of  conjugation  ? 

(3:15—4:30  P.  m.) 
Compare  the  following  words  of  the  Exercise: 

1749.  Straight. 

1750.  Crooked. 

1751.  Better. 

Give  the  four  principal  porta  (including  prtmnt 
tiple)  of  the  following  words: 

1752.  Won,  line  c 

1753.  Wear,  line  d. 

1754.  Bring,  line  «. 

1755.  Do,  line  g. 


GRAMMAR. 


1756.  What  other  words  does  it,  line  d,  stand  for  ? 

1757.  Answer  the  same  question  for  it,  linej. 
Select  from  the  Exercise  : 

1758.  A  word  that  has  no  Syntax,  i.  e.  no  grammatical 
connection  with  other  words  of  the  sentence  in  which  it 
occurs. 

1759.  An  adverb  of  degree. 

1760.  A  disjunctive  conjunction. 

1761.  An  adjective  in  the  superlative  degree. 

1762.  A  verb  in  the  progressive  form, 

1763.  A  principal  verb  whose  auxiliary  ia  another  form 
of  the  same  verb. 

1764.  The  last  verb  in  the  infinitive  mood. 

1765.  An  adjective  used  as  a  noun. 

1766.  A  compound  subject  of  a  sentence. 

1767.  A  compound  predicate. 
Parse  each  of  the  following  words : 

1768.  Home,  line  e. 

1769.  As,  line  j. 

1770.  Crafty  Charley,  line  k. 

1771.  Their,  line  I. 

1773-1776.  Analyze,  The  upright  will  have  (heir  rmoartL 


a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
f 

I 


Examination  XXX "V,    Feb.  28,  1878. 

(1:30—3:00  P.  M.) 

EXERCISE. 

#  As  I  walked  through  the  wilderness  of  this  world,  I 
lighted  on  a  certain  place  where  was  a  den,  and  laid 
me  down  in  that  place  to  sleep ;  and  as  I  slept,  I 
dreamed  a  dream.  I  dreamed,  and,  behold,  I  saw  a 
man  clothed  in  rags  standing  in  a  certain  place, 
with  his  face  from  his  own  house,  a  book  in  hi* 
own  hand,  and  a  great  burden  upon  his  back.  I 
looked  and  saw  him  open  the  book,  and  lead  there- 


OBAMMAB. 


in ;  and  as  he  read  he  read,  he  wept  and  trembled ; 

iand  not  being  able  longer  to  contain,  he  broke  out 
with  a  lamentable  cry,  saying,  What  shall  I  do  ? 

— |  John  Buntan's  Pilgrim's  Progress. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  of  the  above  "Exer- 
cise," and  name  the  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words)  to 
which  it  belongs ;  give  its  several  modifications  (proper- 
ties or  accidents);  and  itB  grammatical  relation  as  sub~ 
ject,  predicate  or  object,  as  the  case  may  be.  to  some  other 
word  to  be  named  : 

1777-79.  I,  line  a.  1780-82.  walked,  line  a. 

1783-85.  wilderness,  line  a.    1786-88.  was,  line  b. 

1789-91.  burden,  line  g.  1793-94.  saw,  line  h. 

1795-97.  him,  line  h.  1798-1800.  book,  line  h. 

1801-03.  trembled,  line  i.        1804-06.  last  verb  in  Ex. 

Write  and  parse  each  of  the  following  words,  giving 
its  part  of  speech;  modifications  (properties,  or  acci- 
dents) ;  and  syntax: 

1807-09.  den,  line  b. 

1810-12.  the  last  verb  in  line  b. 

1813-15.  the  first  verb  in  line  c. 

1816-18.  standing,  line  e. 

1819-21.  open,  line  h. 

Write  and  give  the  syntax  of  each  of  the  following 
words : 

1822.  tfirough,  line  a.  1823.  behold,  line  d. 

1824.  with,  line/.  1825.  great,  line g. 

1826.  longer,  line  j.  1827.  saying,  line  k. 

1828.  What,  line  k. 

1829.  Give  the  progressive  form  of  shall  I  do,  line  k. 

1830.  What  present  participle  might  be  substituted  for 

urtih,  line/f 

(3:00—4:30  P.  M.) 

1831.  Compare  able ;  and  lamentable;  one  by  suffixes; 
tihe  other  by  prefixes. 


GRAMMAR. 

Give  the  four  principal  parts  (including  present  parti- 
ciple) of  which  each  of  the  following  words  is  one  part : 
1832.  laid.       1833.  Bleep.      1834.  being.     1835.  broke. 

1836.  What  prepositional  phrase  might  be  substituted 
for  where,  in  line  b  of  the  Exercise. 

1837.  What  other  word  might  be  used  in  place  of  as, 
lines  a  and  c? 

1838.  Change  What  shall  I  do,  to  its  equivalent  having 
the  verb  in  the  passive  voice  (or  form). 

1839.  What  dependent  (or  subordinate)  clause,  intro- 
duced by  the  conjunction  that,  might  take  the  place  of  to 
sleep,  line  c  ? 

1840.  In  what  mood  would  the  verb  of  that  clause  be  ? 
Write,  in  succession,  the  several  clauses  (propositions 

or  simple  sentences)  contained  in  the  Exercise, — omitting 
words  used  as  merely  clause  connectives, — and  number 
the  clauses,  arranging  work  thus : 

1841.  Clause  No.  1 


1842. 

it 

Ii 

2. 

1843. 

i< 

it 

3. 

1844. 

ii 

ii 

4. 

1845. 

i< 

II 

5. 

1846. 

it 

ii 

6. 

Write  in  a  column  the  several  words  above  designated 
as  clause  connectives,  and  after  each  give  the  numbers  of 
the  clauses  whicb  it  connects,  thus : 

1847. connects  Clause  No. to  No. . 

1848. "  mm to  No. . 

1849.  — "  "        "  to  No. 

1850.  "  "        " to  No. . 

1851. "  u        "  to  No. . 

1853.  Which  of  these  clauses    expresses  the  leading 

Utought  of  the  sentence  ? 
1853-56.  Analyze,  What  shall  I  do  t 


GRAMMAR. 

Examination  XXXVI.    June  6,  1878% 

(1.30—3:00  P.  M.) 

1857.  What  is  a  sentence  ? 

1858.  What  are  its  parts  ? 
1859-60.  Define  each  part. 

1861.  Write  a  sentence  with  one  word  in  each  part. 

1862.  Write  one  with  two  words  in  each  part. 

1863.  What  is  analysis  ? 

Analyze  the  following  sentences,  using  diagram**  if 
you  can : 

1864.  ''The  remedy  will  soon  be  in yonr  power." 

1865.  "  My  uncle  Toby  has  not  the  heart  to  retaliate  o* 
a  fly." 

1866.  What  are  parts  of  speech  ? 

1867.  Name  and  define  two  principal  classes  of  noun*. 

1868.  Give  three  examples  for  each  class. 
Name  and  define  the  classes  of  verbs : 

1869.  As  to  form.  1870.  As  to  signification. 
1871-73.  Name  and  define  the  modifications  of  nouns, 
1874-77.  Name  and  define  the  the  modification!  of 

verbs. 

1878.  By  what  other  kinds  of  words  may  a  noun  be 
modified  ?    1879.  By  what,  a  verb  ? 

1880.  To  each  of  the  nouns  in  the  answers  to  Q.  1868, 
as  subject,  annex  a  proper  predicate. 

1881.  What  modifications  does  the  adjective  have  ? 

1882.  How  do  you  determine  the  number  and  person  of 
a  verb  ? 

1883.  What  person  has  a  verb  in  the  imperative  mood? 

1884.  How  does  the  subjunctive  mood  differ  from  the 
indicative  ? 

(In  parsing,  give  the  modifications  of  the  word  and  lie 
relation  to  other  words,  naming  the  words.) 


GRAMMAR. 


1885.  Annalyze  the  following  sentence,  and  parse  each 
of  the  words  in  italics  : 

1886-90.  "They  refected  the  ceremonious  homage  which 
other  sects  substitute  for  the  pure  worship  of  the  soul." 

Correct  the  following  and  give  the  reason  : 

1891-92.  Whom  they  suppose  is  doomed. 

1893-94.  Has  the  articles  been  sent  ? 

1895-96.  He  had  not  ought  to  talk  in  that  way  ? 

1897-98.  The  horse  and  carriage  was  sold. 

(3:00—4:30  P.  m.) 

1899.  How  is  the  case  of  a  noun  determined  ? 

1900.  When  do  you  say  that  the  noun  is  in  the  nomi- 
native case  ? 

1901.  When  in  the  objective? 

1902.  What  case  of  nouns  has  a  different  form  from  tht> 
other  cases  ? 

1903-4.  To  what  part  of  speech  is  this  form  joined  t 
and  what  does  it  signify  ? 

1905.  Analyze  the  following  sentence,  and  parse  each  of 
the  words  in  italics  : 

1906-10.  'Can  the  branch  improve  when  taken  from  the 
stock  which  gave  it  nourishment?'' 

1911.  What  office  does  a  relative  pronoun  perform 
which  a  personal  pronoun  does  not  ? 

1912.  When  a  relative  pronoun  is  the  object  of  the  verb, 
where  in  a  sentence  is  it  placed,  with  respect  to  the 
verb? 

1913.  What  modifications  may  some  adverbs  have  ? 

1914.  What  parts  of  speech  have  no  modifications? 

1915.  When  a  noun  not  in  the  possessive  case  modifies 
another  noun,  what  relation  is  it  said  to  have  to  it? 

1916.  Give  an  example. 

1917-18.  Construct  a  sentence  with  the  subject  modi- 
fied by  an  adjective  and  the  predicate  by  an  adverb. 


THE  regents'  questions. 


1919-20.  Construct  a  sentence  with  the  subject  modi- 
led  by  the  prepositional  phrase  and  the  predicate 
having  a  direct  object. 

Correct  the  following,  and  give  the  reason  : 

1921-22.  The  legislature  have  adjourned. 

1923-24.  If  any  one  has  been  slighted,  let  them  make 
it  known. 

1925-26.  He  did  not  know  who  to  suspect. 

1927-28.  Does  that  boy  know  who  he  is  speaking  to  ? 

1929-30.  He  was  absent  this  whole  week. 

1931-32.  After  I  visited  Europe,  I  returned  to  America. 

1933-34.  I  respect  every  man's  judgment  and  follow 
my  own. 

1935-36.  Which  is  the  greater  of  the  American  rivers  ? 


Examination  XXXVII.    Nov.  7,  1878. 

(1:30— 3:00  p.  m.) 
1937-8.  Of  what  do  Etymology  and  Syntax  treat  ? 

1939.  Name  the  principal  parts  of  a  sentence. 

1940.  Which  two  are  necessary  to  express  thought  ? 

1941.  Write  a  sentence  containing  these  two  only. 

1942.  Write  a  sentence  containing  a  modified  noun  as 
subject,  and  a  modified  verb  as  predicate. 

1943.  Write  a  sentence  which   shall  contain  all  the 
parts  of  speech  except  the  interjection. 

1941.  What  is  the  difference  between  adjectives  and 
adverbs  ? 

1945.  What  is  the  office  of  conjunctions  ? 

1946.  What,  of  prepositions  ? 

1947.  Write  the  plural  of  each  of  the  following  nouns  : 
kaife,  lady,  valley,  shelf. 

\  "Bear  with  me  ; 
"My  heart  is  in  the  coffin,  there,  with  Casear, 
"And  I  must  pause  till  it  come  back  to  me." 

1948.  What  is  the  subject  of  the  first  sentence  ? 
i$49-51.  Parse  the  verb  in  the  first  sentence. 


GRAMMAR. 


(In  parsing,  give  the  modifications  of  the  word  and 
its  relation  to  other  words,  naming  the  words.) 

1952.  In  the  second  sentence,  by  what  is  is  modified  '? 

1953.  What  kind  of  noun  is  heart,  and  why  ? 

1954.  Same  of  Ccesar  ? 

1955.  Parse  ba> ik. 

1956-8.  Parse  the  first  verb  in  the  last  line. 
1959-61.  Parse  the  second  verb  in  the  last  line. 

1962.  Parse  till. 

1963.  Give  the  reason  for  the  mood  of  must  pause. 

1964.  How  is  the  possessive  case  expressed  in  each 
number  ? 

1965.  Define  the  participle. 

1966.  If  it  is  not  considered  a  distinct  part  of  speech, 
with  what  is  it  treated  ? 

1967.  What  is  an  abstract  noun  ? 

1968.  What  is  a  collective  noun  ? 

1969.  What  is  a  participial  noun  ? 

1970.  What  is  a  concrete  noun  ? 

1971-74.  Mention  aud  define  four  kinds  of  pronouns, 

1975.  What  class  of  adverbs  may  be  compared  ? 

1976.  Give  an  example. 

(Nov.  8,  3:00—4:30  P.  M.) 
Correct  the  four  following  sentences,  aud  parse  the 
corrected  word  in  each  : 
1977-78.  It  is  me. 

1979-80.  I  have  seen  my  friend  last  summer. 
1981-82.  Cany  them  letters  to  the  post-office. 
1983-84.     He  is  like  a  bird  of  prey  who  destroys  with- 
out mercy. 

"  O  masters  !  if  I  were  disposed  to  stir 
Your  hearts  and  minds  to  mutiny  and  rage, 
I  should  do  Brutus  wrong,  and  Cassius  wrong, 
Who,  you  all  know,  are  honorable  men  : 
I  will  not  do  them  wrong  :  1  rather  choose 
To  wrong  the  dead,  to  wrong  myself  and  you, 
Than  I  will  wrong  such  honorable  men." 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


1985.  Analyze  (by  diagram,  if  you  can)  the  sentence: 
"  I  should  do  Brutus  wrong,  and  Cassius  wrong." 

1986-88.  Parse  masters. 

1989-91.  Parse  the  finite  verb  in  the  first  line. 

1992-94.  Parse  hearts  and  minds. 

1995-97.  Parse  should  do. 

1998-2000.  Parse  Brutus. 

2001-03.  Parse  wrong. 

2004-06.  Parse  who,  and  give  the  reason  of  its  number. 

2007-09.  Parse  all. 

2010-12.  Parse  men. 

2013.  Parse  than. 

2014.  "What  is  the  object  of  know? 

2015.  To  what  class  of  adverbs  does  rather  belong  ? 

2016.  Of  what  degree  of  comparison  is  it  ? 


Examination  XXXVIII.     Feb.    27, 

1S79. 

(1:30—3:00  p.  m.) 

2017-18.  Give  two  rules  for  formiag  the  plural  of 
nouns. 

2019-21.  Give  the  plural  of  oath  ;  class  ;  shelf. 
2022-23.  Give  the  possessive,  sing,  and  plural,  of  man. 

2024.  Define  declension  of  nouns. 

2025.  To  what  other  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words) 
does  declension  apply  ? 

2026.  Before  nouns  of  what  number  is  an  used  ? 

2027.  What  Ques.  does  a  cardinal  numeral  answer  ? 
2028-30.  Compare  ill,  old,  beautiful. 

2031.  In  what  degree  of  comparison  is  less  wisely? 

2032-33.  State  two  points  in  which  the  relative  who 
differs  from  the  relative  what. 

2034.  Give  an  example  of  a  commonly  intransitive 
Verb  used  transitively. 


GRAMMAR. 


2085.  What  does  the  perfect  (present  perfect  or  prior 
present)  tense  denote  ? 

2036-37.  Give  the  mood  of  each  verb  in  the  sentence : 

1  bid  you  speak. 

2038-39.  Correct  the  false  syntax  in  the  sentence  : 

It  was  him  ic?io  I  spoke  to. 

2040-42.  Write  a  simple,  a  compound,  and  a  complex 
sentence.  (If  you  do  not  understand  the  term  complex, 
write  instead  a  sentence  containing  a  relative.) 

2043-45.  Write  a  declarative,  an  imperative,  and  an 
interrogative  sentence. 

(a)  "  He  who  writes  what  he  should  speak,  and  dares 

(b)  not  speak  what  he  writes,  is  like  either  a  wolf  in 

(c)  sheep's  clothing,  or  a  sheep  in  a  wolf's  skin." 

2046.  Of  what  two  kinds  is  the  foregoing  sentence  ? 

2047-48.  What  two  relations  does  the  first  word  "  He  " 
bear  to  other  words  of  the  sentence  (naming  these  other 
words)  ? 

2049-50.  Give  the  object  of  writes,  and  of  speak,  line 

(«)■ 

2051.  How  do  the  objects  of  these  words  in  line  (b) 

differ  from  those  in  line  (a)  ? 

2052-53.  Give  the  mood  of  speak  in  line  (a),  and  that  of 
the  same  word  in  line  (b). 

2054-55.  Give  the  subject  of  dares,  and  that  of  is. 

2056-57.  In  what  case  is  wolf,  line  (b),  and  why  ? 

2058.  What  other  word  has  the  same  construction  ? 

2059.  What  conjunction  connects  these  two  words  ? 
2060-61.  In  what  number  is  sheep's,  line  (c),  and  how 

do  you  determine  its  number  ? 

2062-63.  Answer  the  same  questions  for  sheep,  line  (c). 

2064-65.  What  adverb  occurs  in  line  (b),  and  what 
kind  of  an  adverb  is  it  ? 

2066.  Parse  either. 


THE   REGENTS*    QUESTIONS. 


BO 

a 

- 
x 


(i^&.  28,  3:00—4:30  p.  m.) 

EXERCISE. 

1.  Murmur  not,  O  man  !  at  the  shortness  of  time, 
if  thou  hast  more  than  is  well  employed. 

2.  Has  not  human  life  often  been  carelessly  spent 
in  doing  either  nothing  at  all,  or  nothing  that  ought 
to  have  been  done  ? 

3.  We  sometimes  complain  because  our  days  are 
so  few,  and  yet  act  as  if  there  would  be  no  end  of 
{them. 

2067-69.  Of  the  above  sentences  1,  2,  3,  which  one  is 
declarative,  and  of  what  kind  is  each  of  the  other  two 
(on  the  same  principle  of  classification)  ? 

2070.  Which  words  of  sentence  1  have  no  syntax  (i  e., 
no  grammatical  relation  to  other  words)  ? 

2071-74.  Write  and  parse  the  first  verb  of  sentence  1. 

SUSP  In  parsing  a  verb,  state  whether  it  is  active  or 
passive,  (if  active)  transitive  or  intransitive,  and  regu- 
lar or  irregular  ;  give  its  principal  parts,  including  the 
present  participle  ;  its  modifications  (mood,  tense,  per- 
son, and  number)  ;  and  its  syntax. 

2075-78.  Write  and  parse  the  first  verb  of  sentence  2. 

2079-82.  Write  and  parse  the  last  verb  of  sentence  2. 

2083-84.  Write  the  last  verb  of  sentence  3,  and  give 
its  mood  and  tense,  and  the  word  with  which  it  agrees 
as  its  subject. 

2085-86.  Write  "  Thou  hast  more  than  is  well  employed," 
with  the  words  understood  required  in  parsing  and 
supplied  in  their  proper  places  in  the  sentence. 

2087.  In  what  respect  does  ought  differ  from  all  the 
other  verbs  of  sentences  1,  2,  3  ? 

2088-90.  Give  the  syntax  of  in,  doing,  and  nothing, 
sentence  2. 

2091-93.  What  auxiliary  word  shows  the  mood,  what 
one  the  tense,  and  what  one  the  voice  (or  form)  of  the 
last  verb  in  sentence  2  ? 

2094-96.  Parse  at,  sentence  1 ;  that,  sentence  2 ;  them, 
sentence  3. 


GRAMMAR. 


Examination  XXXIX.  June  5.  1879. 

(1:30—3:00  p.  m.) 

2097-99.  Write  three  short  sentences :  the  subject  of 
the  first  being  &  proper  noun  ;  of  the  second,  a  collective 
noun;  of  the  third,  an  abstract  noun.  (Underscore,  i.  e.t 
draw  a  line  under,  each  of  these  nouns.) 

2100-2104.  Write  the  plural  of  the  nouns,  fly,  staff, 
money,  pailful,  and  Mussulman. 

2105-06.  In  forming  the  plural,  when,  as  a  general 
rule,  should  s  alone  be  added  ;  and  when  es? 

2107-11.  Write  the  feminine  of  nephew,  hero,  baron, 
benefactor,  man-servant. 

2112-14.  Write  three  short  sentences ;  the  first  con- 
taining a  noun  in  the  nom.  case  ;  the  second,  a  noun  ia 
the poss.  case:  the  third,  anoiminthe  obj.  case.  (Un- 
derscore each  of  these  nouns.) 

2115-17.  Which  parts  of  speech  are  declined?  which, 
compared?  which,  conjugated? 

2118-20.  Compare  three  adjectives  so  as  to  show  three 
methods  of  comparison. 

2121-24.  Decline  7,  thou,  who,  whoever. 

2125-27.  To  what  objects  may  the  relatives,  who,  which, 
and  that,  be  respectively  applied  ? 

2128-33.  Give  the  principal  parts  (including  present 
participle)  of  be,  fly,  flow,  flee,  go,  undertake. 

2134.  Why  are  they  called  principal  parte  ? 

2135.  What  is  the  difference  between  an  active  and  r 
passive  verb  ? 

2136.  Name  the  class  of  verbs  which  take  both  the 
active  and  the  passive  forms. 

2137-42.  Write  six  short  sentences,  each  containing  a. 
verb  in  a  different  tense  from  the  others.  (Underscore 
these  verbs.) 

2143-46.  Write  four  short  sentences,  each  containing 
a  verb  in  a  different  mood  from  the  others.  (Under- 
score these  verbs.) 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


{June  6,  3:00—4:30  P.  m.) 


EXERCISE. 

1.  We  may  not  be  able  to  accomplish  all  we  de- 
sire, but  shall  we  therefore  sit  still  with  folded 
hands?  2.  By  no  means.  3.  It  is  always  brave 
and  noble  to  do  the  best  we  can,  under  the  cir- 
cumstances which  surround  us.  4.  It  is  only  the 
weak  soul  that  yields  supinely  to  discouragements. 
5.  Watch,  pray,  toil,  are  good  words  to  remember, 
and  in  this  world  of  care  and  disappointment 
they  will  carry  us  through. 

In  parsing,  twite  the  word,  give  the  part  of 
speech,  its  modifications  {properties  or  attributes),  and  the 
word  or  words  to  which  it  is  grammatically  related. 

2147-50.  Parse  the  verbs  of  sentence  1. 

2151.  Give  the  connective  of  the  two  clauses. 
i     2152-55.  Parse  not,  able,  therefore,  still,  sentence  1. 

2156-57.  Parse  by,  in  line  3.  Give  the  predicate  of 
sentence  3. 

2158.  Brave  and  noble,  lines  3  and  4,  modifies  what  ? 
,     2150.    We,  line  4,  is  the  subject  of  what  verb  ? 

2160-62.  Write  each  of  the  following  pronouns,  and 
the  antecedent  word  or  words  which  it  represents :  it, 
line  3 ;  that,  line  6  ;  they,  line  9. 

2163.  What  parts  of  speech  are  watch,  pray,  toil,  line 
7? 

2164.  Parse  words,  line  7. 

1  "  When  he  had  traveled  half  a  day's  journey 

2  through  a  country  which  was  continually  becom- 
ing more  attractive,  he  came  to  the  banks  of  a 
broad  lake,  in  the  center  of  which  was  a  large  and 
beautiful  island." 

2165-68.  Write  the  clauses  of  the  above  sentence,  in 
order,  designating  each  as  principal  or  subordinate. 
2169-71.  Parse  each  clause  connective. 


m 

S3 

24 


GRAMMAR. 


2172.  Give  the  subject  and  the  simple  predicate  of 
the  principal  clause. 

2173.  Select  an  adjective  clause. 

2174.  Select  an  adverbial  clause. 

2175.  Give  the  subject  of  was,  line  4. 

2176.  What  does  attractive,  line  3,  modify? 


Examination  XL,  Nov.  6,  1879. 

(1:30—3:00  P.   M.) 

EXERCISE. 
1.  We  one  day  descried  at  sea,  some  shapeless 
object  drifting  at  a  distance.  2.  It  proved  to  be 
the  mast  of  a  ship  that  must  have  been  completely 
wrecked.  3.  There  were  the  remains  of  handker- 
chiefs by  which  some  of  the  crew  had  fastened 
themselves  to  the  spar  to  prevent  their  being  over- 
come by  the  waves.  4.  No  trace  was  found  by 
which  the  name  of  the  crew  could  be  ascertained. 
5.  The  wreck  had  evidently  drifted  for  many 
months.     6.  But  where,  thought  I,  are  the  crew? 

Washington  Irving. 

2177.  Explain  the  difference  between  common  and 
proper  nouns,  giving  an  example  selected  from  the 
exercise  to  illustrate  each. 

2178.  Give  the  gender  of  I  (Sentence  6,)  and  the 
reason  for  your  answer. 

Write  the  feminine  form  of  (2179)  duke,  (2180)  Hero ; 
the  masculine  of  (2181)  landlady,  (2182)  songstress; 
the  plural  of  (2183)  father-in-law,  (2184)  halo. 

2185-88.  Explain  what  you  understand  by  the 
modifications  (properties  or  accidents)  of  nouns  and 


THE    REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


a: 


pronouns — illustrating  each  modification  by  an  ex- 
ample selected  from  the  exercise. 

Write  each  of  the  following  verbs  (including  its 
auxiliaries)  and  give,  of  each,  its  mode,  tense,  sub- 
ject and  object.  (If  any  verb  has  no  object,  explain 
why  not.) 

1,  1st    verb:  2189— ;  2190— ;  2191— ;  2192—. 

2,  last  verb:  2193—;  2194—;  2195—;  2196—. 

3,  1st    verb:  2197—;  2198—;  2199—;  2200—. 

4,  last  verb:  2201—;  2202—;  2203—;  2204—. 

5,  1st    verb:  2205—;  2206—;  2207—;  2208—. 

6,  1st    verb:  2209—;  2210—;  2211—;  2212—. 

2213-14.  Name  two  modes  not  found  in  exercise. 

2215.  What  auxiliary  verb  in  the  exercise  is  often 
used  as  a  principal  verb? 

Explain,  and  illustrate  each  answer  by  an  exam- 
ple selected  from  the  exercise,  on  what  principle 
you  describe  or  distinguish  a  verb  as  being : 

2216.  Regular;  (2217)  In  active  voice  (or  form.) 
2218.  Transitive;  (2219)  In  passive  voice  (or  form.) 
2220.  Rewrite  sentence  1,  changing  it  just  enough 

to  make  the  verb  in  passive  voice  and  to  express  pre- 
cisely the  same  thought. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words  and  after  it 
give  its  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words,)  modifica- 
tions (properties  or  accidents,)  and  syntax: 

Day  (sentence  1 :)  2221—;  2222—;  2223—. 
Their  (sentence  3:)  2224— ;  2225—;  2226—. 

2227.  Parse:  An  adverb  taken  from  sentence  2. 

2228.  An  interrogative  word  from  the  exercise. 

2229.  The  first  by  in  sentence  3. 


GRAMMAR. 


(Nov.  7,  3:00  to  4:30  P.  M.) 
EXERCISE. 

1.  We  one  day  descried,  sea,  some  shapeless  ob- 
ject drifting  at  a  distance.  2.  It  proved  to  be  the 
mast  of  a  ship  that  must  have  been  completely 
wrecked.  3.  There  were  the  remains  of  handker- 
chiefs by  which  some  of  the  crew  had  fastened 
themselves  to  the  spar  to  prevent  their  being  over- 
come by .  the  waves.  4.  No  trace  was  found  by 
which  the  name  of  the  crew  could  be  ascertained. 
5.  The  wreck  had  evidently  drifted  for  many 
months.     6.  But  where,  thought  I,  are  the  crew? 

Washington  Irving. 

Select  from  the  exercise : 

2230.  One  phrase  introduced  by  preposition  and 
used  as  an  adverb  of  place. 

2231.  One  phrase  introduced  by  preposition  and 
used  as  an  adverb  of  time. 

2232.  What  is  meant  by  that  (Sentence  2  ?) 

2233.  What  is  meant  by  which  (Sentence  4?) 

2234.  What  one  rule  of  Syntax  applies  alike  to 
that  (Sentence  2)  and  lohich  (Sentence  4?) 

2235.  Write  one  sentence  illustrating  the  proper 
use  of  the  adjective  (or  article)  "a,"  and  (2236) 
another  in  like  manner  for  "an." 

2237.  What  is  a  collective  noun?  Illustrate  by  an 
example  selected  from  the  exercise. 

2238.  Explain  fully  what  kind  of  a  word  them- 
selves  (sentence  3)  is,  and  (2239)  give  its  syntax. 

2240.  Select  from  Sentence  1  a  derivative  word, 
and  (2241)  tell  from  what  it  is  derived  and  how. 


THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


2243.  Give  the  part  of  sreech  and  (2243)  syntax  of 
drifting  (Sentence  1.)  Rewrite  Sentence  5,  chang- 
ing it  into  (2244)  an  interrogative  sentence,  and  mak- 
ing the  verb  in  (2245)  the  past  (or  imperfect)  tense. 

2246.  What  use  is  made  of  the  word  there  in 
Sentence  3? 

Explain  the  difference  in  syntax  (giving  the  rule 
which  applies  in  each  case,)  between: 

2247.  Some  (Sen.  1)  and  (2248)  Some  (Sen.  3.) 
2249.  Crew  (Sen.  4)  and  (2250)  Crew  (Sen.  6.) 
2251-53.  What  3  parts  of    speech  may  adverbs 

modify?    Illustrate  each  by  a  short  sentence. 

2254.  Write  a  short  sentence  using  a  part  of  speech 
not  found  in  the  exercise.  Underscore  the  word 
representing  the  part  of  speech  intended. 

2255.  How  do  you  determine  whether  a  given 
adjective  can  be  compared  or  not? 

Examination  XLL    Feb.  %6,  1880. 

(1:30—3:00  P.  m.) 

Define  (2256)  clause,  (2257)  compound  sentence  (2258) 
polysyllable,  (2259)  passive  voice  (or  form.) 

2260-63.  Correct  the  errors  in  spelling  and  in  the 
use  of  capitals  in  the  following  sentence,  and  give 
the  reason  for  each  correction :  when  i  came  home 
John  brown  was  cuting  wood. 

2264-65.  I  have  no  money  and  can  support  you 
no  longer.  What  part  of  speech  is  each  word  in 
italics? 

2266-69.  Write  an  interrogative  and  an  exclama- 
tory sentence,  placing  after  each  the  proper  mark  of 
punctuation. 


GRAMMAR. 


2270.  Correct  the  sentence,  "Goodness  brings  it's 
own  reward." 

2271.  This  is  the  most  valuable  of  the  three. 
Change  three  to  two  and  make  any  other  necessary 
change  in  the  sentence. 

2272-75.  Love  not  sleep  lest  it  bring  thee  to 
poverty.  Write  the  verbs  of  this  sentence  and  give 
the  mood  of  each. 

2276-78.  Express  the  indicative-present-first-sin- 
gular of  the  verb  hear  in  three  different  forms,  each 
of  which  shall  represent  the  subject  as  acting. 

2279.  For  murder,  though  it  have  no  tongue,  will 
speak.     Parse  have. 

2280-81.  Write  the  plural  of  this  tooth. 

2282-83.  Write  sentences  containing  an  adjective 
modified  by  an  adverb,  and  a  noun  modified  by  an 
adjective  in  the  comparative  degree.  Underscore 
the  modifying  adverb  and  adjective. 

2284.  Write  the  word  unit  preceded  by  the  proper 
indefinite  article. 

2285.  Conjugate  the  imperfect  (or  past)  tense  of 
can. 

2286-87.  Write  two  sentences,  one  containing  an 
object,  the  other  an  attribute  (predicate  noun  or 
adjective.) 

2288-89.  Of  what  classes  or  kind  is  each  verb  in 
answers  (2286-2287.) 

2290-91.  The  storm  having  ceased,  we  departed. 
Parse  storm.  Change  the  part  before  the  comma  to 
a  dependent  or  subordinate  clause. 


THE   REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


2292-95.  Write  the  possessive  case  in  the  plural 
number  of  the  words:  wolf,  child,  hero,  princess. 

2296.  What  is  analysis? 

2297.  Fill  the  blank  in  the  following  sentence 
with  the  progressive  form,  present  tense,  of  the  verb 
go :  Neither  John  nor  James to  school. 

2298.  Give  both  forms  of  the  superlative  of  late. 

(Feb.  27,  3:00-4:30  p.  m.) 

Write  sentences  containing  the  following  words 
properly  used :  (2299)  the  feminine  of  king;  (2300) 
the  perfect  (present-perfect  or  prior  present)  of  send; 
(2301)  the  plural  of  mouse;  (2302)  a  noun  which  has 
no  plural;  (2303)  a  noun  which  has  the  same  form  in 
"both  numbers;  (2304)  an  adverb  of  manner,  in  the 
comparative  degree. 

EXERCISE. 

1.  I  first  saw  Venice  by  moonlight,  as  we  skimmed 

2.  by  the  island  of  St.  George  in  a  felucca,  and 

3.  entered  the  Grand  Canal.     A  thousand  lamps 
4>  glittered  from  the  square  of  St.  Mark,  and  along 

5.  the  water's  edge.     Above  rose  the  cloudy  shapes 

6.  of  spires,  domes  and  palaces,  emerging  from  the 

7.  sea;  and  occasionally  the  twinkling  lamp  of  a 

8.  gondola  darted  across  the  water  like  a  shooting 
O.  star,  and  suddenly  disappeared,  as  if  quenched 

lO.  in  the  wave. 

Write  each  of  the  following  words,  with  its  num- 
bers prefixed,  and  give  its  part  of  speech,  modifica- 
tions {properties  or  accidents,)  and  syntax: 

Line  3,  (2305-7)  entered.  Line  5,  (2308-10)  water's; 
2311-13)  rose.      Line  6,  (2314-16)  palaces. 


GRAMMAR. 


Give  the  syntax  of  the  following: 

Line  1,  (2317)  first.  Line  2,  (2318)  in.  Line  5, 
(2319)  above.  Line  6,  (2320)  emerging.  Line  7, 
(2321)  occasionally.     Line  8,  (2322)  across. 

2323-24.  Give  the  conjunctions  in  the  first  sen- 
tence, and  (2325-27)  the  propositions  in  the  secon<I 
sentence. 

2828-31.  Write  the  transitive  verbs  in  the  exercise, 
and  their  objects. 

2332.  Form  an  abstract  noun  from  cloudy,  and 
tell  how  it  is  formed. 

2333.  From  what  part  of  speech  Is  occasionally 
derived?    (2334)  from  what  suddenly? 

2335.  To  what  parts  of  speech  may  first  belong? 


Examination,  XLII,  (a)  June  3  1880. 

(1:30-3 .00  p.  M.) 

2336-40.  Define:  adjective,  adverb,  participle,  con- 
junction, interjection. 

2341-42.  In  "I,  John  Doe,  give  and  bequeath,"  of 
which  person  is  "John  Doe,"  and  why? 

2343-45.  Write  the  plurals  of  canto,  duty,  grief. 

2346-49.  Write  the  following  words  in  two  columns, 
placing  each  feminine  opposite  its  corresponding 
masculine:  beau,  witch,  men,  queen,  wizard,  belle, 
women,  king. 

2350-51.  Decline:  sheep,  which. 

2352-54.  From  the  sentence  "On  the  ninth  of  June, 
sixty  Zulus  were  killed  by  red-coated  Englishmen/' 
select  each  adjective,  and  name  its  class  or  kind. 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


2355-57.  Compare  the  adjectives  in  "It  is  worse  to 
be  dishonestly  rich,  than  to  be  the  least  wealthy 
citizen,"  as  used  in  this  sentence. 

2358-61.  In  the  sentence  "I  that  speak  unto  thee 
am  he,"  name  each  pronoun,  and  its  class  or  kind, 
number,  person  and  case. 

2362.  Define  the  subjunctive  mood. 

2363.  Write  a  sentence  containing  a  verb  in  the 
subjunctive  mood. 

2364-65.  Define  the  potential  mood,  and  give  an 
example. 

2366-68.  In  which  voice  (or  form),  mood  and  tense 
does  a  principal  verb  undergo  the  change  called  in- 
flection, to  correspond  with  the  person  of  its  subject? 

Give  the  principal  parts  (including  present  parti* 
ciple),  of  (2369)  walk,  (2370)  hold,  (2371)  read. 

In  the  following  sentences,  which  words  are  pre- 
positions, and  which  are  adverbs? 

2372.  He  found  a  jewel  inside. 

2373.  He  walked  across  the  river. 

2374.  It  is  above  my  head. 

2375.  He  ran  down  and  saw  the  boat.' 

Express  the  sense  of  the  following  sentences,  using 
the  passive  form  of  the  verb  in  place  of  the  active: 

2376.  He  refused  the  money. 

2377.  He  will  destroy  the  town. 

2378.  That  astonished  me. 

(June  4,  3:00-4,30  P.  M.) 

Write  the  following  sentences,  supply  a  suitable 
word  in  place  of  each  dash,  and  name  its  part  of 
speech : 


GRAMMAR. 


2379.  Take  heed you  do  not  fall. 

2380.  Do  right may  be  the  result. 

2381.  Write  an  interrogative  sentence,  using  prop- 
er punctuation  mark  or  marks. 

2382-83.  Write  an  exclamatory  sentence,  using  aa 
interjection  in  connection  with  it,  and  the  proper 
punctuation  marks. 

2384-85.  Use  but  in  a  sentence  (or  sentences),  both 
as  a  preposition  and  as  a  conjunction. 

2386-87.  Of  what  classes  or  kinds,  as  to  form  and 
meaning,  is  the  following  sentence,  taken  as  a 
whole  ? 

"Although  no  man  can  say  that  he  will  always 
be  happy,  or  escape  suffering,  the  part  of  wisdom  is 
to  go  steadily  forward." 

2388-90.  Give  each  of  the  several  clauses  or 
propositions  included  in  the  above  sentence. 

2391-92.  Which  word  is  used  to  connect  the  first 
and  second,  and  which  word  the  second  and  third 
of  these  clauses  ? 

2393-94.  Give  the  subject  and  the  predicate  of  the 
first  clause. 

2395-98.  Parse  each  noun  in  the  sentence. 

2399-2403.  Parse  each  verb  in  the  sentence. 

Parse  the  following  words:  (2404)  no;  (2405)  happy; 
(2406)  steadily;  (2407)  forward. 

Correct  the  following  sentences,  and  give  reasons 
for  corrections; 

2408-9.  No  grove,  nor  bank,  lend  their  music. 

2410-11.  Explain  either  of  the  three  first  sentences. 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


2412-13.  There  is  no  excuse  for  him  detaining  you 
so  long. 

2414-15.  Those  sort  of  arguments  are  not  to  be 
used. 

Examination  XLII,  (b)June  17,  1880, 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

"Up  from  the  meadows  rich  with  corn, 

Clear  in  the  cool  September  morn, 
The  cluster'd  spires  of  Frederick  stand, 
Green-wall'd  by  the  hills  of  Maryland." 

2416.  Name  five  parts  of  speech  (or  classes  of 
Words)  contained  in  the  above  extract,  and  (2417-21) 
under  each  name  write  all  the  words  of  the  extract 
Which  belong  to  that  part  of  speech. 

2422.  Does  the  extract  consist  of  one  sentence,  or 
more  than  one  ? 

2422.  Give  the  reason  for  your  answer  to  Question 
2422.  JSP"  In  parsing  any  word  in  this  examina- 
tion, (a)  write  the  word,  and  name  the  part  of  speech 
(or  class  of  words)  to  which  it  belongs  ;  then  give  (b) 
the  modifications  (properties  or  accidents,  if  any); 
and  (c)  the  grammatical  connection  with  some  other 
word  or  words,  and  the  rule  of  syntax  for  the  same, 
expresed  in  word. 

Parse:  (2424-26,)  meadows;  (2427-29),  rich;  (2430- 
82),  September;  (2433-35),  stand;  (2436-37),  by.  * 
'  2438.  Condense  the  phrase  "by  the  hills  of  Mary- 
land" to  three  words  conveying  the  same  meaning, 
and  (2439)  state  what  grammatical  change  or  changes 
were  made  in  so  doing. 


GRAMMAR. 


2440-42.  Mention  two  common  uses  of  the  apo» 
trophe,  and  illustrate  one  of  those  uses  from  the 
above  extract. 

2443-47.  Mention  in  a  column  the  five  inflected 
(or  varied)  parts  of  speech,  and  after  each  of  these 
■write  the  name  of  its  own  kind  of  inflection. 

2448-50.  Write  a  sentence  containing  a  proper 
noun,  a  pronoun  in  the  possessive  case,  and  an  objec- 
tive element  (or  complement).  Underline  the  parts 
required. 

2451-53.  Write  three  short  sentences,  each  con- 
taining still  used  as  a  part  of  speech  different  from 
the  others. 

2454-56.  Arrange  the  following  pronouns  in  three 
classes,  naming  each  class :  they,  who,  this,  our,  which, 
ruch,  and  we. 

2457-58.  What  conjunction  follows  the  compara- 
tive degree?    Illustrate  by  a  sentence. 

2459.  With  which  mood  of  a  verb  is  the  subject 
often  omitted? 

2460-61.  Write  a  sentence  containing  two  clauses, 
one  of  which  shall  be  a  conditional  one. 

2462-63.  Correct,  "A  variety  of  pleasing  objects 
charm  the  eye,"  and  give  the  reason  for  the  correc- 
tion. 

2464-65.  Write  cooperate  in  each  of  two  ways 
showing  that  the  two  o'«  belong  to  different  syllables. 

(June  18,  3:00-4:30  P.  M.) 

2466.  A  man  deserving  blame  should  be  censured. 
Change  the  words  in  italics  to  a  relative  clause. 

2467.  The  boys  having  recited  their  lessons  were 


THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 

dismissed.     Change  the  words  in  italics  to  an  adver- 
bial clause. 

2468.  Form  a  derivative  adjective  from  storm,  and 
(2469-70)  derivative  nouns  from  good  and  govern. 

2471.  How  do  nouns  ending  mfe  form  the  plural? 

2472.  Gipsies  offered  to  tell  us  our  fortunes.  Re- 
write this  sentence,  making  all  plural  forms  sin- 
gular, and  supplying  any  needed  word. 

2473.  Give  both  plurals  of  penny. 

2474.  Write  a  sentence  containing  the  objective 
ease  of  ivho,  used  interrogatively. 

2475-76.  In  what  mood  and  tense  is  a  verb  which 
has  the  auxiliaries  might  havel 

2477.  Write  two  sentences,  one  containing  the  verb 
lend  used  transitively;  and  (2478)  the  other,  the 
same  verb  used  intransitively. 

2479-80.  How  is  the  number  of  a  pronoun  which 
refers  to  two  or  more  singular  antecedents  deter- 
mined? 

2481.  What  are  the  common  auxiliaries  of  the 
potential  mood,  past  (or  inperfect)  tense? 

2482.  What  different  office  have  relative  pronouns 
from  other  kinds  of  pronouns? 

2483.  Parse  but  in  the  sentence,  All  but  him  fled. 
2484-86.  What  are  the  singular  objectives  corre- 
sponding to  them  ? 

2487.  He  giveth  his  beloved  sleep.  Parse  beloved 
and  (2488)  sleep. 

2489.  What  is  the  pluperfect  (prior  past,  or  past 
perfect)  of  the  verb  have  ? 

2490-95.  Write  a  short  letter  of  three  or  four  sen- 


GRAMMAR. 


tences  describing  your  school  room.  One  credit  will 
be  allowed  for  each  of  the  following  points:  date, 
address,  subscription,  neatness,  correct  spelling, 
grammatical  accuracy. 

Examination  XL II I,  Nov.  11,  1880. 

(1:30— 3: 00  P.  M.) 
EXERCISE 

1  1.  There  is  a  magical  power  in  intelligence 

2  even  in  its  lowest  degrees,   to  which  I  wish  to 

3  call  your  attention.     2.  Nothing,  indeed,  that 

4  you  can  learn  about  any  subject  will  fail  to  give 

5  it  new  interest  in  your  eyes.     3.  If  you  be  able 

6  to  gather  up  only  what  is   sometimes  lightly 

7  spoken  of  as  surface  knowledge,  you  will  grad- 

8  ually  accumulate  stores  of  wisdom. 

[Horatio  Seymour  to  Wells  College  Ladies. 

Write  in  a  column,  near  the  left  side  of  the  paper, 
(2496-2502)  the  nouns  in  sentences  1  and  3 ;  and 
opposite  each  noun,  write  its  case. 

In  the'  second  column,  opposite  each  noun  and  its 

case,  give  its  (2503-9)  syntax  or  grammatical  relation 

as  either  subject  or  object  of  another  word,  naming 

that  word.     Number  and  arrange  answers  as  follows : 

nouns,  and  their  cases.  syntax. 

2396.  2503. 

2497.  2504. 

2498.  2505. 

2499.  2506. 

2500.  2507. 

2501.  2508. 

2502.  2509. 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


In  like  manner,  give  (2510-13)  each  pronoun  of 
sentence  1,  and  that  for  which  it  stands;  also 
(2514-17;  the  etymology  (gender,  person,  number), 
and  (2518-21)  the  syntax,  of  each. 

Give,  in  same  general  order,  (2522,  23)  each  ad- 
jective in  sentence  1 ;  (2524,  25)  the  noun  to  which 
it  belongs;  and  (2526,  27)  its  comparison. 

Give  (2528-30)  each  verb  in  sentence  2  ;  (2531-33) 
its  mood ;  and  (2534-36)  its  tense. 

What  (2537)  subjunctive  verb,  and  what  (2538)  pas* 
sive  verb,  in  the  exercise? 

Parse  (or  explain  the  grammatical  use  of)  each  of 
the  following  words  in  the  exercise: 

(2539)  there,  line  1 ;  (2540)  a,  line  1 ;  (2541)  even, 
line  2;  (2542)  to,  line  2;  (2543)  to,  line  3;  (2544)  that, 
line  4;  (2545)  what,  line  6. 

(Nov.  12,  3:00— 4:30  p.  M.) 
EXERCISE. 

1  The  deeper  your  learning  may  be,  the  better 

2  it  is;  but  the  quality  of  knowledge  is  like  that 

3  of  gold,  which,  although  it  be  reduced  to  the 

4  thinnest  leaf,  yet  makes  all  things  glitter  that  it 

5  touches.     [H.  S. 

2546.  Is  the  above  sentence,  taken  as  a  whole, 
simple,  compound,  or  complex? 

2547.  Answer  Q.  2546  as  applied  to  "The  deeper 
your  learning  may  be,  the  better  it  is;"  and  (2548) 
state  what  corresponding  words  serve  to  connect 
these  two  propositions. 

2549-53.  What  other  words  of  the  exercise  are 
used  as  clause-connectives? 


GRAMMAR. 


2554-55.  Which  words  of  the  exercise  are  auxili- 
ary verbs? 

Select  from  the  exercise  (2556)  a  passive  verb,  and 
(2557)  an  infinitive  verb. 

Parse:  (2558-59)  that,  line  2;  (2560-61)  that,  line  4. 

What  are  the  (2562-64)  other  tense-forms,  in  the 
same  mood,  of  may  be,  line  1;  and  of  (2565-69) 
makes,  line  4,  in  its  own  mood,  person,  and  number? 

2570.  In  what  mood  is  the  passive  verb  referred 
'to  in  Q.  2556? 

Select  from  the  exercise : 

2571.  A  prepositional  phrase  used  adjectively. 

2572.  A  prepositional  phrase  used  adverbially. 
2573-75.    Three    couplets  of  monosjUables    tbat 

might  be  left  out  of  the  exercise,  without  affecting 
the  sense. 

Examination  XLIV,  March  3,  1881, 

(1.30—3:00  P.  M.) 
EXERCISE. 

1  1.    It  had  long  been  the  fixed   principle  of 

2  Csesar's  philosophy,  that  the  only  way  to  enjoy 
8  life  was  to  banish  the  fear  of  death.     2,  On  the 

4  eve  of  the  fatal    day,    he    was    entertained  by 

5  Lepidus;  and  when,  in  the  course  of  conversation, 

6  some  one  started  the  question,  What  kind  of  death 

7  is  the  best?  he  cut  short  the  discussion  abruptly 

8  with  the  reply,  That  which  is  least  expected. 

[Merivale's  History  of  the  Romans. 
Write  in  a  column,  near  the  left  side  of  the  paper, 
(2576-82)  the  nouns  in  sentence  1 ;  and  opposite 
each  noun,  write  its  case. 


THE  RE&fitfTS'  QUESTIONS. 


In  a  second  column,  opposite  each  noun  and  its 
case,  give  its  (2583-9)  syntax  or  grammatical  rela- 
tion, naming  the  word  or  words  to  which  it  is 
related  as  subjec  object,  or  otherwise.  Number 
and  arrange  answers  as  follows : 

nouns,  and  their  cases.  syntax. 

2576,  2583, 

2577,  2584, 

2578,  2585, 

2579,  2586, 

2580,  2587, 

2581,  2588, 

2582,  2589. 

In  like  manner,  give  (2590-93)  four  pronouns  of 
the  Exercise,  and  that  for  which  each  stands;  also 
(2594-7)  the  etymology  (gender,  person,  number,) 
and  (2598-2601)  the  syntax,  of  each. 

Give,  in  the  same  general  order,  (2602,  3)  the  last 
two  adverbs  in  the  Exercise;  (2604,  5)  the  verb  to 
which  each  belongs;  and  (2606,  7)  the  comparison 
of  each. 

Write  each  verb  in  lines  1  and  3  and  give  (2608-10) 
its  subject;  (36-38)  its  mood;  and  (39-41)  its  tense. 

2617.  Select  from  the  exercise  a  passive  verb,  and 
(2618)  transpose  the  clause  containing  it  into  its 
equivalent  having  the  verb  active. 

Parse  (or  explain  the  grammatical  use  of)  each  of 
the  following  wcv  Is  in  the  exercise : 

2619.  the,  line  1;  (2620)  of,  line  1;  (2621)  that,  line 
2;  (2622)  that,  line  8;  (2623)  only,  line  2;  (2624) 
when,  line  5;  (2625)  sJiort,  line  7. 


GRAMMAR. 


(March  4,  3:00— 4:30  p.  m.) 

EXERCISE. 

1  On  the  eve  of  the  fatal  day,  Caesar  was  enter- 

2  tained  by  Lepidus;  and  when  in  the   course  of 

3  conversation,    some    one    started    the    question, 

4  What  kind  of  death  is  the  best?  he  cut  short  the 

5  discussion  abruptly  with  the  reply,   That  which  is 

6  least  expected. 

2626.  Is  the  above  sentence,  taken  as  a  whole, 
simple,  compound,  or  complex? 

Answer  Q.  2626  as  applied  to  (2927)  that  part  of 
the  exercise  which  precedes  the  semicolon,  and 
(2628)  that  part  which  follows  it. 

(2629-30.  What  words  of  the  exercise  are  used  as 
clause  connectives;  and  (2631-3)  what  are  the 
clauses  which  each  word  connects? 

Select  from  the  Exercise  (2634)  an  auxiliary  verb, 
and  (2635)  an  interrogative  word. 

Parse  the  (2636-8)  subject-word  of  the  question 
asked  in  the  Exercise,  and  (2539-41)  the  verb  of  the 
answer  given. 

What  are  the  (2642-5)  corresponding  tense-forms, 
in  the  potential  mood,  of  the  second  verb  in  line  4? 

Parse  (2676)  best,  line  4;  (2647)  discussion,  line  4; 
(2648)  with,  line  5;  (2649)  which,  line  5. 

2650-1.  What  examples  of  apposition  occur  in 
the  Exercise? 

Select  from  the  Exercise : 

2652.  A  prepositional  phrase  used  adjectively. 

2653.  A  prepositional  phrase  used  adverbially. 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


2654.  Make  That  which  is  least  expected  a  complete 
sentence,  by  supplying  the  necessary  words. 

2655.  Is  the  sentence  so  completed  simple,  com- 
pound or  complex? 

Examination  XL  V,  June  16,  1881. 

(1:30  to  3:00  P,  M.) 

2656-63.  Name  and  define  each  of  the  parts  of 
speech,  or  classes  into  which  words  are  separated, 
according  to  their  uses  in  sentences. 

2664-70.  Write  one  or  more  sentences  that  shall 
include  all  the  parts  of  speech  except  interjections, 
and  draw  a  line  under  one  specimen-word  of  each 
part  of  speech. 

2671-77.  Give  the  syntax  (*.  e.,  the  grammatical 
relation  to  other  words)  of  each  of  these  specimen 
words,  as  used  in  the  sentence  or  sentences  written. 

63^"  Be  careful  to  write  each  word  whose  syntax 
you  are  about  to  give. 

2678-81.  Analyze  the  sentence: 

John  studies  English  grammar. 

Parse:  2682-84,  John;  2685-87,  studies;  2688, 
English;  2689-91,  grammar. 

Expand  the  sentence,  John  studies  English  grain- 
mar,  by  adding  to  it  (2692)  a  noun  in  apposition 
with  the  subject;  (2693)  an  adverb  of  manner,  and 
(2694)  a  prepositional  phrase  denoting  place;  (using 
any  other  words  needed  to  make  complete  sense). 

Give  the  principal  parts  (including  present  parti- 
ciple)  of  (2695)  hear;  (2696)  sing;  (2697)  speU;  (2698) 
write. 


GRAMMAR. 


2699-2702.  Give  a  synopsis  of  hear  in  the  passive, 
potential,  first,  plural. 

Correct  the  following  sentences,  and  give  the 
reasons  for  the  corrections: 

2703.  Each  one  of  the  class  spell  well. 

2704.  This  is  neither  George  nor  Jennie's  penciL 

2705.  At  what  time  will  we  be  dismissed? 


1 
2 
3 
4 
5 


(June  17,  3:00  to  4:30  P.  M.) 

EXERCISE. 

Beyrout  is  the  brightest  spot  in  Syria  or  Pales- 
tine, the  only  pleasant  city  that  we  saw,  and 
the  centre  of  a  moral  and  intellectual  impulse 
the  importance  of  which  we  can  not  over- 
estimate. 
Select  from  the  Exercise : 

2706.  Five  common  nouns. 

2707.  Three  verbs. 

2708.  A  personal  pronoun. 
5709.  Two  relative  pronouns. 

2710.  All  the  adjectives. 

2711.  All  the  adverbs. 

2712.  All  the  prepositions. 
Write  and  give  the  syntax  of  I 

2714.  Spot,  line  1. 

2715.  Palestine,  line  %. 

2716.  Only,  line  2. 

2717.  That,  line  2. 

2718.  Centre,  line  3. 

2719.  Importance,  line  4. 


THE  REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Give,  by  reference  to  the  Exercise,  an  example  of  J 

2720.  A  simple  sentence. 

2721.  A  complex  predicate. 

2722.  A  compound  predicate. 
Select  from  the  Exercise : 

2723.  An  auxiliary  verb. 

2724.  An  adverb  of  negation. 

2725.  An  adversative  or  disjunctive  conjunction. 
Parse : 

2726-28.  The  principal  subject  word  of  the  Exer- 
cise. 

2729-31.  The  last  verb  of  the  Exercise. 

2732-35.  Illustrate  the  gramatical  structure  of  the 
Exercise  by  a  diagram,  or  give  a  verbal  analysis  of  it 


Examination  XL  VI.    Nov.  17, 1881. 

(1:30-3:00  P.  M.) 

Define  the  following  terms:  after  each  definition 
write  a  short  sentence  that  shall  contain  an  example 
of  the  term  defined ;  underscore  the  example  (i.  e., 
draw  a  line  under  it) : 

2736,  7.  Collective  noun;  (2738,  9)  abstract  noun; 
(2740,  1)  relative  jyronoun;  (3742,  3)  numeral  adjec- 
tive; (3744,  5)  transitive  verb, 

2746,  7.  Give  the  general  rules  for  the  formation 
of  the  possessive  singular  and  plural  of  nouns. 

2748.  Write  the  posessive  plural  of  child;  (2749) 
the  possessive  singular  of  conscience. 

2750,  1.  Write  the  plurals  of  court-martial  and 
handful. 


GRAMMAR. 


2752,  3.  State  the  general  rules  for  the  compari- 
son of  adjectives. 

2754,  5.  Compare  far  and  ill. 

2756,  7.  Write  and  decline  the  personal  pronoun 
of  the  third  person  feminine. 

2758,  9.  Write  and  decline  the  relative  pronoun 
which  is  used  exclusively  to  represent  persons,  in 
distinction  from  things  and  brutes. 

2760.  Define  tense.  Write  the  names  of  the  tenses 
belonging  to  each  of  the  following  modes  (or 
moods):  (2761)  Indicative;  (2762)  potential;  (2763) 
subjunctive;  (2764)  imperative. 

Write  the  present,  first,  singular,  subjuntive  of 
(2765)  be,  and  potential  of  (2766)  Mm. 

Give  the  principal  parts,  including  the  present 
participle,  of  each  of  the  following  verbs:  (2767) 
be;  (2768)  lie;  (2769)  lay;  (2770)  sit;  (2771)  set. 

2772-4.  Name  three  classes  of  adverbs,  and  after 
each  write  a  sentence  containing  an  example  of  that 
class.     Underscore  the  examples. 

In  the  sentence,  "John,  the  §un  having  risen,  we 
will  pursue  our  way  five  miles  farther,"  state  the 
case  of  each  of  the  following  nouns  and  the 'reasons 
for  it:  (2775,  6)  John;  (2777,  8)  sun;  (2779,  80)  way; 
(2781,  2)  miles. 

2783.  Name  the  parts  of  speech  or  classes  of  words 
which  are  not  declined,  conjugated  or  compared. 

2784.  Write  a  sentence  in  which  that  is  used  as  a 
relative ;  and  (2785)  one  in  which  that  is  used  as  a 
conjunction. 


THE   BEGENTS'    QUESTIONS 


(Nov.  18.     3:00-4:30  p,  M.) 

EXERCISE. 

1.  And  I  must  lie  here  like  a  bed- ridden  monk, 
exclaimed  Ivanhoe,  while  the  game  that  gives  me 
freedom  or  death  is  played  out  by  the  hand  of 
others!  2.  Look  from  the  window  once  again,  kind 
maiden,  but  beware  that  you  are  not  marked  by  the 
archers  beneath.  3.  Look  out  once  more,  and  tell 
me  if  they  yet  advance  to  the  storm. — Scott's  Ivan- 
hoe. 

2786.  State  whether  the  first  sentence  of  the  exer- 
cise is  simple,  complex  or  compound. 

2787.  Same  for  the  second  sentence. 

2788-01.  Write  the  verbs  of  the  first  sentence,  and 
place  before  each  its  subject;  underscore  the  sub- 
ject. 

Write  the  following  verbs  and  place  after  each  its 
object  (if  it  has  one;  if  not,  say  so):  underscore  the 
object:  (2792)  exclaimed;  (2793)  gives;  (2794)  beware; 
(2795)  tell. 

Select  from  the  exercise  (2796)  a  verb  in  the  po- 
tential; (2797)  a  verb- in  the  imperative;  (2798)  a  rel- 
ative pronoun ;  and  (2799)  an  adverb  of  place. 

2800.  Give  the  syntax  (i.  e.,  use  in  the  sentence) 
of  and  (first  line);  (2801)  monk;  (2802)  while;  (2803) 
out  (after  played);  (2804)  again;  (2805)  maiden; 
(2806)  beneath. 

2807.  State  the  tense  or  tenses  in  which  the  verb 
beware  may  be  used. 

2808.  What  other  word  might  have  been  used  in 
the  exercise  in  place  of  iff 


GRAMMAR. 


2809-13.  Change  is  played  into  each  of  the  re- 
maining tenses  of  the  indicative. 

2814.  Select  from  the  exercise  a  proposition  (or 
sentence)  whose  verb  is  in  the  passive  voice  (or 
form),  and  (2815)  change  it  into  its  equivalent  with 
the  verb  in  the  active  voice. 


Examination  XLVII.  March  3,1882- 

(1:30  to  3:00  P.  M.) 

Write  sentences  containing : 

2816.  A  relative  clause. 

2817.  A  dependent  clause  expressing  time. 

2818.  A  word  containing  a  diphthong. 

2819.  A  noun  used  independently  or  absolutely. 

2820.  A  pronoun  of  the  third  person,  possessive 
case. 

2821.  A  verb  in  the  potential  mood,   pluperfect 
(past  perfect  or  prior  past)  tense. 

2822.  A  phrase  used  adjectively. 

2823.  A  simple  subject  and  compound  predicate. 

2824.  A  compound  subject  and  simple  predicate. 

2825.  An  adjective  of  irregular  comparison,  in  the 
superlative  degree. 

&§p Underscore  (*.  e.  draw  a  line  under)  the  words, 
phrases  and  clauses  intended. 
Supply  the  proper  pronouns  in  : 

282G.  Everyone  should  think  for . 

2827.  The  bat  is  nocturnal  in— — habits. 

Write  (2828)  an  adverb  ;  (2829)  an  adjective  ;  (2830) 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS, 


a  verb  ;  and  (2831)  a  noun  ;  then  (2832)  write  a 
sentence  containing  the  same  four  words,  properly 
used. 

2833.  Name  the  part  of  speech  (or  class  of  words) 

to  which  true  belongs. 

2834,  35.  Form  form  true  a  derivative  word  by 
means  of  a  prefix,  and  another  by  a  suffix  or  affix,  and 
(2836,  37)  name  the  part  of  speech  of  each  word  so 
formed. 

2838,  39.  Give  the  two  plurals  of  index;  and  (2840, 
41)  brother. 

2842-45.  Mention  four  different  offices  or  uses 
which  nouns  may  fulfil  in  sentences. 

2846.  What  class  of  words  has  no  grammatical  re- 
lation to  other  words  ? 

The  boy  was  called.    He  came  at  once. 
Form  from  these  two  sentences,  by  substituting  or 
inserting  a  single  word  in  each  instance  : 

2847.  A.  complex  sentence  ;  (2848)  a  compound 
sentence. 

2849.  Give  the  part  of  speech  of  each  inserted 
word. 

2850.  From  the  same  two  sentences,  form  a  sim- 
ple sentence,  by  changing  the  last  verb  to  a  partici- 
ple, and  omitting  any  word  that  thus  becomes  unnec- 
essary. 

Correct  any  error  in  the  arrangement  of : 
5851.  That  small  man  is  speaking  with  red  whisk- 
ers. 

Define  (2852)  conjugation  ;  (2853)  perfect  (present 
perfect  or  prior  present)  tense  ;  (2854)  vowel. 


GRAMMAR, 


2855.  How  may  a  declarative  sentence  be  made 
interrogative  ?  (2856)  Give  an  example. 

2857,  58.  Write  two  words  containing,  one  the 
vowel  w,  the  other  the  consonant  w. 

2859.  Conjugate  think,  in  the  imperative  mood. 
Write  and  parse  the  following  words  in  italics  : 

2860.  What  man  is  happy, 

2861.  We  eat  that  we  may  live. 

2862.  We  march  rather  slowly. 

2863.  64.   Up  soars  the  lark,  the  poet  of  the  sky. 
2865.  He  went  on  his  way  rejoicing. 


EXERCISE. 


a 
b 
c 
d 
e 
f 


Great  truths  are  portions  of  the  soul  of  man ; 
Great  souls  are  portions  of  eternity  : 
Each  drop  of  blood  that  e'er  through  true  heart 
Ran  with  lofty  message,  ran  for  thee  and  me  ; 
For  God's  law,  since  the  starry  song  began, 
Hath  been,  and  still  forever  more  must  be. 

2866.  How  many  clauses  has  the  above  Exercise. 

2867,  68.  Account  for  the  capital  letters  used  in  the 
Exercise. 

2869,  70.  Mention  two  uses  of  the  apostrophe,  and 
illustrate  by  examples  from  the  Exercise. 

2871,  72.  Give  the  nominative  singular  of  thee  and 
me,  and  decline  the  same. 

Select  from  the  Exercise  : 

2873,  74.  Two  irregular  verbs  (other  than  be),  and 
give  their  principal  parts. 

2875-77.  A  relative  pronoun,  and  give  its  anteced- 
ent and  syntax. 

2878.  From  the  primitive  of  starry  form  a  com- 
pound with  some  other  suitable  word. 


TH?;    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


2879.  What  moods  are  represented  in  the  exer- 
cise ? 

2880.  What  tenses? 

Write  and  give  the  syntax  of: 

2881.  portions,  line  a;  2882  drop,  line  c;  2883  for, 
line  e. 

2884.  Parse,  in  full,  must  be. 

2885.  86.  Select  a  phrase  used  adjectively,  and  one 
used  adverbially.     2887  Parse  e'er. 

2888.  Classify  the  sentence  composed  of  lines  c  d, 
with  reference  to  form,  and  structure  (or  use). 

2889-92.  Analyze  line  b,  by  diagram  or  otherwise. 

2893-95.  Make  and  name  the  punctuation  marks 
which  may  be  used  at  the  ends  of  complete  sen- 
tences. 


Examination  XL  VIII,  June  15,  1882. 

(1:30  to  3:00  P.  M.) 

2896-2903.  Name  the  several  parts  of  speech  (or 
classes  of  words),  and  state  the  chief  office  which 
each  usually  fulfils  in  a  sentence. 

2904,  5.  To  which  two  parts  of  speech  do  the 
majority  of  words  belong? 

2906.  Name  the  principal  (and  the  only  necessary) 
parts  or  elements  of  a  proposition  or  simple  sentence. 

2907.  Write  a  sentence  containing  these  necessary 
parts  only,  and  draw  an  upright  line  between  the 
parts. 

^°  The  words  for  such  specimen  sentence,  and  for  other 
examples  called  for  below,  may  be  selected  from  the  follow- 
ing paragraph : 


GRAMMAR. 


H  One  day  I  heard  a  boy  say  to  his  younger  brother,  who 
was  crying  lustily,  "  Now,  Tom,  I  certainly  know  you  do 
not  want  anything,  but  what  do  you  think  you  want?"  That 
boy  was  a  philosopher,  and  went  to  the  root  of  the  mat- 
ter.—What  we  think  we  want,  not  what  we  really  want, 
frets  us  most.— Fanny  Fern. 

2908-10.  Name  three  secondary  or  subordinate 
kinds  of  elements  of  sentences. 

2911-13.  Write  three  sentences  to  illustrate  these 
kinds  of  elements,  in  the  order  named  in  answers 
2908-10.  §W  Underscore  (i.  e.,  draw  a  line  under) 
the  word  or  words  forming  such  element  in  each 
sentence. 

Define  each  of  the  following  terms  as  used  in 
grammar,  and  after  each  definition  give  an  exam- 
ple: (2914)  a  letter;  (2915)  a  word;  (2916,  17)  a 
phrase;  (2918,  19)  a  compound  sentence;  (2920,  21)  a 
complex  sentence ;  (2922,  23)  a  clause. 

2624-31.  "Write  in  a  column  the  names  of  eight 
punctuation  marks  or  characters,  and  opposite  each 
make  the  mark  or  character  named.  (Enough  such 
marks  occur  on  this  question  paper.) 

2932-35.  Analyze  the  preceding  sentence  "2924- 
81,"  Write  in  a  column,  etc.,  by  diagram  or  other- 
wise. 

Of  what  kind  is  the  sentence  so  analyzed  as  to 
(2936)  form  (or  structure)  and  (2937)  meaning  (mode 
or  use)? 

Select  from  the  above  paragraph  marked  H": 

2938.  A  simple  sentence  (as  a  whole)  with  a  com* 
pound  subject,  and  another  with  (2939)  a  compound 
predicate. 


THE   REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


1 

2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 


2940.  A  clause  used  adjectively,  and  another  used 
(2941)  as  an  object  (or  object  complement). 

june  16,  1882.     3:00  to  4:30  P.  m. 

1.  One  day  I  heard  a  boy  say  to  his  younger 
brother,  who  was  crying  lustily,  "Now,  Tom, 
I  certainly  know  you  do  not  want  anything, 
but  what  do  you  think  you  want  ?  " 

2.  That  boy  was  a  philosopher  and  went  to 
the  root  of  the  matter. 

3.  What  we  think  we  want,  not  what  we 
really  want,  frets  us  most. — Fanny  Fern. 

Parse,  as  fully  as  they  admit  of  parsing:  (2942) 
Tom;  (2943)  Fanny  Fern. 

What  is  the  leading  (2944)  subject,  and  (2945)  verb 
of  sentence  1  ? 

2946.  What  words  in  sentence  1  are  used  adjec- 
tively, and  (2947-50)  to  what  is  each  of  these  added? 

2951.  What  words  in  sentence  1  are  used  adverb- 
ially, and  (2952-56)  what  does  each  modify  ? 

2957.  What  words  of  sentence  1  are  auxiliary 
verbs? 

Write  each  of  the  following  words,  name  the 
part  of  speech  to  which  it  belongs,  and  give  its 
syntax,  i.  e.,  its  grammatical  relation  to  some  other 
word  or  words: 

2958.  lieard,  line  1. 

2959.  say,  line  1. 

2960.  brother,  line  2 

2961.  /,  line  3. 

2962.  anything,  lin?  3 

2963.  what,  line  4. 

2964.  That,  line  5. 


GRAMMAR. 


2965.  philosopher,  line  5. 

2966.  went,  line  5. 

2967.  frets,  line  8. 

Compare  (2968)  younger,  line  1 ;  (2969)  lustily,  line 
2;  (2970)  most,  line  8. 

Give  the  principal  parts  (including  participle  in 
ing)  of  (2971)  think;  (2972)  frets. 

2973.  What  kind  of  an  element  is]  the  quotation 
in  sentence  1,  and  (2974)  what  is  its  syntax  ? 

2975.  How  many  (not  how  few)  clauses  does  sen- 
tence 1  contain  ? 


THE 

REGENTS'    QUESTIONS, 

1866-1880. 


SPELLING. 


Bxamt?iation  I,    JYor.  7,  7866. 

(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  M.) 

1.  The  (1)  lesson  will  (2)  begin  at  the  (3)  beginning  of 
the  (4)  treatise. 

2.  (5)  Sets  of  (6)  apparatus  are  (7)  necessary  for  the  (8) 
■illustration  of  the  (9)  physical  (10)  sciences. 

3.  On  the  (11)  eighth  of  (12)  February  a  (13)  Connectiwxt 
(14)  peddler  (15)  wearing  a  (16)  suii  of  ^17)  gray  (IS)  cZotfi- 
£n<7,  (19)  displayed  his  (20)  wares  in  an  (21)  avenue  of  (22) 
Cincinnati. 

4.  The  (23)  ptane  of  the  (24)  horizon  is  (25)  horizon. 
iaU 

5.  (26)  Joseph's  (27)  brethren  sold  him  to  the  C#)  iffr 
maeliiex 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


6.  The  (29)  oak  is  a  (30)  symbol  of  strength :  th8  vine 
Of  (31)  dependence:  the  (32)  cypress,  of  (33)  sorrow:  the 
elm  of  (34)  elegance  :  the  (35)  fir,  of  (36)  symmetry ;  and, 
as  an  evergreen,  of  (37)  immortality. 

7.  (38)  lur  is  warm  but  costly  (39)  apparel. 

8.  The  (40)  Missouri  river  empties  into  the  (41)  Missis- 
sippi. 

9.  Strike  the  loud  (42)  cymbal. 

10.  The  (43)  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  (44)  affirmed 
the  (45)  judgment  of  the  lower  ( »6)  tribunal. 

11.  (47)  Ladies  and  (48)  gentlemen,  the  (49)  programme 
will  open  with  a  (50)  quartette  and  (51)  chorus. 

12.  A  (52)  council  of  war  was  called,  and  the  general 
(63)  counseled  with  the  (54)  colonels  and  (55)  civilians 
present. 

13.  "He  looked  and  saw  a  (56)  spacious  (57) plain, 

whereon 
Were  tents  of  various  (58)  hue  ;  by  some  were  (59> 

herds. 
Of  (60)  catite  (61)  grazing;   others  whence  the 

sound 
Of  (62)  instruments  that  made  (63)  melodious  (64) 

chime." 

14.  Hiram  had  (65)  hewers  of  wood. 

15.  None  are  (66)  too  young  to  (67)  try. 

16.  (67)  Matthew  (68)  fr-fes  to  learn. 

17.  The  (69)  czar  (70)  supported  his  (71)  pretensions. 

18.  (72)  Scholar,  (73)  soZdter,  (74)  surgeon,  (75)  sergeant, 
(76)  sfteritf'  and  (77)  sovereign,  all  begin  with  s. 

19.  (78)  Binghamion  is  in  (79)  Broome  county;  (80) 
Syracuse  is  in  (81)  Onondaga, 

20.  (82)  Reading,  (83)  Spelling,  (84)  TTritfng,  (85)  ^Irifli- 
m«sto,  $8)  Grammar,  and  (87)  Geography,  are  very  im- 
portant branches  of  (88)  education. 


SPELLING. 


21.  James  and  (89)  two  other  boys  were  (90)  there. 

22.  The  (91)  schooner  was  lost  at  (92)  sea,  (93)  of  Cape 
(M)  St.  Roque. 

23.  (95)  Tlceir  eyes  (96  see  clearly. 

24.  "From    (97)    scenes   like   these   old  Scotia's  (98) 
grandeur  springs." 

25.  (99)  "  Vanity  of  (100)  vanities  saith  the  Preacher.*' 


Examination  II.    Feb.  28,  7867- 

(11:00  A.  m—  12:00  m.) 

1.  The  (1)  principal  of  the  (2)  teachers'  (3)  institute  (4) 
lectured  on  (5)  physiology  and  (6)  astronomy. 

2.  The  (7)  legislature  is  in  (8)  session  at  the  (9)  capital 
io  the  (10)  c%  of  (11)  Albany. 

3.  (12)  Scholars  should  become  (13)  versed  in  the  (14) 
principles  of  (15)  science,  and  should  (16)  practice  those 
of  (17)  morality. 

4.  A  (18)  geometrical  (19)  series  (20)  progresses  by  a  (21) 
common  (22)  multiplier. 

5.  (23)  Raleigh  is  the  (24)  capita*  of  (25)  JVbrtfi  Oar- 
oZiwa  ;  (26)  Nashville  of  (2?)  Tennessee;  (28)  Baton  Rouge 
of  (29)  Louisiana ;  and  (30)  Ottawa  of  (31)  Canada. 

6.  In  1785,  (32)  Massachusetts  (33)  through  her  (34)  deto- 
nates in  (35)  Congress  (36)  executed  a  deed  of  (37)  cession 
to  the  general  (38)  government  and  (39)  relinquished  her 
claim  to  western  (40)  territory. 

7.  The  (41)  gladiators  (42)  entered  the  (43)  arena  of  the 
(44)  amphitheatre. 

8.  White  (45;  oears  (46)  inTia&ft  (47)  arciic  (48)  region*. 

9.  "How  can  ye  (49)  believe  which  (50)  receive  (51) 
honor  one  of  (52)  another? 

10.  (53)  Mathematical  (54)  treatises  are  much  used  in 
(55)  engineering.  • 


THB  BEGENT8'   QUESTIOHft. 


11.  (56)  Bread  is  (57)  raised  with  (58)  yeast 

12.  The  (59)  soldier  (60)  bared  his  breast  to  the  (fil)fo+ 
man's  (62)  view. 

13.  A  (63)  youth  (64)  bred  in  (65)  idleness  may  well  bt 
(66)  pfl&d. 

14.  "  But  (67)  pleasures  are  like  (68)  poppies  spread ; 

You  (69)  seize  the  (70)  flower,  its  (71)  bloom  ia 
shed." 

15.  Carthage  was  (73)  razed  to  its  (74) /oundaftons. 

16.  Large  (75)  quantities  of  (76)  flour  are  (77)  shipped 
at  (78)  Chicago. 

17.  WoZues  (80)  pm/  upon  (81)  weaker  (82)  animate. 

18.  (83)  Lewis's  face  was  (84)  pitted  with  (85)  scars. 

19.  (86)  Ccesar  (87)  reigned  as  (88)  emperor. 

20.  iE  is  a  (89)  diphthong ;  eau  a  (90)  triphthong. 

21.  (91)  .EK/a/i  (92)  prayed  that  it  might  not  (93)  rain,, 
and  there  was  neither  rain  nor  (94)  dew. 

22.  The  (95)  messenger  bears  (96)  dispatches. 

23.  A  (97)  suitable  (98)  site  was  selected. 

24.  The  Jewish  (99)  rites  and  ceremonies  were  (100) 
manifold. 


Examination  III.    June  73,  ?86'7* 

(11:00  A.  m.— 12.00  m.) 

I  he  (1)  saddler  (2)  plies  his  (3)  awl  (4)  rapidly  and  with 
(5)  pecuniary  (6)  profit. 

(7)  Samson  carried  away  the  gates  of  Gaza  by  (8)  niqht. 

(9)  Cain  (10)  sZeio  Abel. 

Noah's  (11)  ark  and  its  contents  were  the  (12)  sole  relief 
of  the  (13)  antediluvian  world. 

The  (14)  valiant  (15)  knight  (16)  ate  a  portion  of  the  (17) 
prtiy,  and  ere  the  hour  of  (18)  eight  (19)  blew  the  (20) 
bugle  for  his  (21)  martial  band. 


SPELLING. 


The  (22)  yeoman  (23)  assented  after  much  (24)  solici- 
tation. 

The  (25)  beau  (26)  knew  the  (27)  telle  would  gladly  (28) 
receive  so  (29)  brilliant  a  (30)  bouquet. 

(31)  Pigeons  rarely  (32)  sow,  but  sometimes  reap  what 

has  been  (33)  already  sown. 

(34)  Cromwell  (35)  prorogued  the  long  (36)  parliament. 

The  (37)  horse  chestnut  tree  has  (38)  peculiar  (39)  foliage 

and   (40)  bears  (41)   very  (42)   beautiful  clustere?  of  (44) 

/?ow?ers. 

Human  pride  is  a  (46)  useless,  rank,  (47)  repulsive  (43) 
thistle  in  (4j)  society. 

The  (50)  constitution  contains  a  (51)  guaranty  that  no 
State  shall  be  deprived  of  a  republican  form  of  (52)  gov* 
ernment. 
(53)  Where  may  the  (54)  wearied  (55)  eye  (56)  repose. 
When  (57)  gazing  on  the  (58)  great  ; 
Where  (59)  neither  (60)  guilty  glory  (61)  pfota* 

Nor  (62)  despicable  state  ? 
The  (63)  Cincinnatus  of  the  West, 
(64)  Whom  envy  dared  not  hate, 
(65)  Bequeathed  the  name  of  (66)  Washington, 
To  make  man  (67)  blush  there  was  but  (68)  one. 
The  (69)  marshal  left  his  (70)  carie  at  the  (71)  depot  In 
(72)  Keene,  (73)  iTeto  Hampshire. 

Before  (74)  toee  rose,  and  with  thee  (75)  grew, 
A  (76)  rainbow  of  the  (77)  loveliest  (78)  7iw«, 
Of  three  (79)  bright  (80)  cofors,  each  divine, 
And  fit  for  that  (81)  celestial  (82)  sign : 
One  that  was  of  (83)  the  (84)  sunbeam's  (85)  dye*  / 
One,  the  pure  (86)  depth  of  Seraph's  eyes. 

The  (87)  three-ply  carpet  has  a  (88)  blue  (89)  figure,  and 
the  (90)  seams  are  well  (91)  sewed. 
Only  (92)  todies  (93)  die ;  our  (94)  soufe  fore7er  lire. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(95)  All  (96)  arcs  of  circles  are  less  than  (97)  eircum- 
ferences  ;  all  (98)  sines,  than  diameters. 

The  pillar  (99)  seems  to  have  been  (100)  hewn  out  of  a 
single  block. 


Examination  IT.    JYor.  7,  7867, 
(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  M.) 

A  (1)  cord  of  (2)  beech  (3)  wood  (4)  outweighs  a  (5)  bale 
of  (6)  cotton. 

I  (7)  would  (8)  tmiie  the  (9)  knot  if  I  could. 

(10)  Tears  (11)  steaZ  from  the  (12)  eye  when  the  (13) 
heart  (14)  beats  in  (15)  sympathy  with  another's  (16) 
grief. 

The  (17)  auctioneer  (18)  seZte  a  (19)  pair  of  (20)  urns,  a 
a  (21)  pail,  a  (22)  mahogany  (23)  bureau,  a  (24)  guitar,  a 
(25)  piece  of  (26)  steeZ,  and  a  (27)  bass-viol  to  the  (28) 
chorister. 

(29)  Beets  are  (30)  soicn  in  (31)  tiers  or  rows. 

The  (32)  defendant  (33)  owned  two  (34)  guineas. 

A  (35)  column  of  (36)  artillery  and  a  (37)  battalion  oi 
(38)  cavalry  (39)  encamped  near  the  (40)  oeacft.  of  the  (4^ 
*ea. 

The  (42)  advent  of  the  (43)  Messiah  (44)  occurred  at  a 
(45)  period  of  (46)  unparalleled  (47)  tranquillity. 

(48)  Sfeafc  and  other  (49)  7neais  are  (50)  eaten  with  (51) 
&read  and  (52)  vegetables. 

Be  thou  like  a  (53)  roe  or  a  young  (54)  TiarJ. 

That  (55)  vial  of  (56)  aZ&aZi  belongs  to  the  (57)  labor' 
atory. 

The  (58)  accused  man  gave  (59)  bail  to  keep  the  (60) 
peace. 

(61)  Idle  and  (62)  vain  are  the  (63)  ways  of  the  (64) 
counterfeiters. 


SPELLING. 


There  are  (65)  pears  and  (66)  plums  in  the  (67)  orchard. 

The  (68)  ode  was  (69)  written  by  a  (70)  pale-faced  (71) 
poet. 

(72)  Stakes  are  set  for  (73)  metes  and  (74)  bounds. 

The  (75)  needle  (76)  points  (77)  northward;  the  (78) 
teeather-vane  (79)  ofr<?2/s  the  (80)  ./ic&Ze  wind ;  the  (81) 
plumb-line  (82)  gravitates  ;  the  (83)  pendulum  (84)  tn- 
brates  in  a  (85)  perpendicular  (86)  plane. 

The  (87)  committee  (88)  meeZ  the  (89)  comptroller  to 
make  (90)  arrangements  for  (91)  procuring  (92)  sta- 
tionery. 

The  (93)  earnings  of  the  (94)  road  in  (95)  February 
last  were  (96)  enon/ious. 

(97)  Seize  the  (98)  oars,  and  let  the  (99)  boa*  be  (100) 
rowed  ashore. 


Ezai?ii?iation   V.    Feb,  20,  7868. 

(11:00  a.  m.— 12  m.) 

I.  The  (1)  squadron  (2)  bound  for  (3)  Marseilles  (4)  tm~ 
furled  its  (5)  canvass  to  the  (6)  propitious  (7)  zephyrs. 

II.  (8)  Patiently  (9)  wa#  for  (10)  precious  (II)  fruit. 
LTI.  The  (12)  new  (13)  council- chamber  was  (14)  ete« 

gantly  {15)  finished  with  (16)  wood  of  the  (17)  fur-tree,  and 
the  (18)  ceiling  was  (19;  beautifully  (20)  frescoed. 
TV.  (21)  Jane  is  (22)  another  name  for  (23)  temple. 

V.  (24)  Parliament  (25)  negotiated  a  (26)  ?oan  for  the 
(27)  perilous  (28)  enterprise. 

VI.  The  (29)  ordnance  stores  were  (30)  carried  to  (31) 
Lisbon,  under  the  (32)  guidance  of  a  (33)  cavalier. 

VII.  The  (34)  principal  (35)  J?ue  of  the  (36)  chimney 
extended  from  the  (37)  ceZZar. 

VLTI.  A  (38)  s/ifp's  (39)  buoyancy  (40)  adapte  it  to  (41) 
nutain  a  (42)  caroo  of  great  (43)  we#W. 


THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS, 


IX.  The  (44)  prisoner  (45)  writhed  in  his  (46)  dungeon* 

X.  The  (47)  attorney  was  (48)  too  much  (49)  fatigued  to 
(50)  attend  the  (51)  law  suit. 

XI.  The  (52)  celerity  of  (53)  lightning  is  (54)  almost 
equal  to  that  of  light. 

XII.  (55)  Buy  (56)  knowledge  and  (57)  seZZ  it  (5')  not. 

XIII.  The  (59)  ^txesi's  were  (60)  entertained  in  a  (61) 
separate  (62)  swife  of  (63)  rooms. 

XIV.  (64)  Secession  (65)  ordinances  were  (66)  passed  by 
(67)  ever?/  (68)  gruZ/ State. 

XV.  Let  the  (89)  dead  (703  bury  (71)  tfieir  dead. 

XVI.  (72)  Rensselaer  (73)  county  (74)  touches  (75)  Ifoa- 
*ac7iuseWs. 

XVII.  (76)  Orthography  and  (77)  etymology  are  (78) 
$ub-divisions  of  (79)  grammar. 

[  XVIII.  (80)  Rhetoric  is  included  in  (81)  belleslettres. 

XIX.  The  (82)  canvass  resulted  in  his  election  by  the 
(83)  unanimous  (84)  suffrages  of  his  (85)  fellow  citizens. 

XX.  (86)  Sealing-wax  is  red. 

XXI.  A  (87)  berry  is  a  (88)  species  of  (89)  fruit. 

XXII.  (90)  Pigeons  (91)  flew  over  the  aoyss. 

XXIII.  A  (93)  banquet  of  (94)  venison  and  other  (95) 
luxuries  was  (96)  prepared  for  the  (97)  garrison. 

XIV.  Few  are  the  (98)  privileges  and  many  the  (99) 
grievances  of  (100)  penury. 


Examination  VI.    J~ime  A,  7868, 

(11:00  a.  m.— 12:00  M.) 

What  (1)  various  (2)  attitudes  and  (3)  ways 
And  (4)  tricks,  we  (5)  authors  have  in  (6)  writ- 
ing ! 

While  (7)  some  (8)  write  (9)  sitting,  some  like  Bayes, 
(10)  Usually  stand,  while  (11)  JfayVe  (12)  inditing. 


SPELLING. 


18)  Poets  (14)  there  are,  who  (15)  wear  the  (l&)  floor 
out, 
(17)  Measuring  a  (18)  line  at  (19)  every  stride ; 
While  some,  like  Henry  Stephens,  (20)  pour  out 
(21)  Rhymes  by  the  (22)  dozen,  while  they  ride. 

— Thomas  Moore. 

II.  Take  the  (23)  sum  of  the  (24)  prey  that  was  (25) 
caught. 

III.  In  the  (26)  fourteenth  day  of  this  (27)  month,  at  (28) 
even,  ye  shall  (29)  keep  it  in  his  (30)  appointed  (31)  season 
(32)  according  to  all  the  (33)  rites  of  it,  and  according  to 
all  the  (34)  ceremonies  thereof. 

IV.  (35)  Hour  after  hour  he  loved  to  (36)  pore 

On  (37)  Shakespeare's  rich  and  (38)  varied  (39) 

lore, 
But  (40)  turned  from  (41)  martial  (42)  scenes  and 

(43)  light, 
From  (44)  Falstaf's  (45)  feast  and  (46)  Percy's 

(±7)  flight, 
To  (48)  ponder  Jaques's  (49)  moral  (50)  strain, 
And  (51)  ?nwse  with  (52)  Hamlet,  (53)  uu'se  in  (54) 

vain, 
And  (55)  weep  himself  to  soft  (56)  repose, 
O'er  (57)  gentle  (58)  Desdemona's  (59)  tooes. 

— Sir  "Walter  Scott. 

V.  It  is  the  (60)  peculiar  (61)  province  of  a  grand  (62) 
fury  to  (63)  indict,  as  it  is  of  a  house  of  (64)  representative* 
to  (65)  impeach. 

VI.  (66)  Speak  the  (67)  speech,  I  (68)  pray  you,  as  I 
(69)  command  you. 

VII.  It  was  the  (70)  roar  of  a  (71)  whole  (72)  herd  of 
(73)  lions. 

Vm.  Is  there  a  (74)  balance  (75)  tore  to  (76)  weigh  thi, 
(77)  /usf  (78)  amount  ? 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


IS.  Ere  life's  (79)  meridian,  thus  that  (80)  ohief  had 

(81)  reached. 
The  (82)  utmost  (83)  pinnacle  of  (84)  savage  (85) 

grandeur. 
All  that  he  saw,  (86)  heard,  felt,  or  (87)  could  (88) 

conceive, 
Opened  (89;  new  (90)  scenes  of  (91)  mewtaZ  (93) 

enterprise, 
(93)  Imposed  new  (94)  tasks  for  (95)  arduous  (96) 

contemplation. 

— James  Montgomery. 

X.  The  (97)  veins  of  his  (98)  forehead  were  (99)  swollen 
through  (100)  excess  of  rage. 


Examination  YJI.    JYor.  72,  7868. 

(11:00  a.m.— 12:00  m.) 

"It  is  (1)  some  (2)  consolation  (3)  amidst  the  (4)  violence 
of  (5)  ambition  and  the  (6)  criminal  (7)  tfwrsi  of  (8)  power, 
of  (9)  le/iic/i  so  (10)  mora/  (11)  instances  (12)  occwr  around 
us,  to  find  a  (13)  character  (14)  tc/unn  it  is  (15)  honorable 
to  (16)  admire  and  (17)  virtuous  to  (18)  imitate.  A  (19) 
conqueror  for  the  (20)  freedom  of  his  (21)  counh-y!  a  (22) 
legislator  for  its  (23)  security  !  a  (24)  magistrate  for  its 
(25)  happiness  I  His  (26)  glories  were  (27)  7iecer  (28) 
stated  by  those  (29)  excesses  into  which  the  (30)  highest 
(31)  qualities  are  apt  to  (32)  degenerate.  With  the  (33) 
greatest  (34)  virtues,  he  was  (35)  exempt  from  the  (36)  oor- 
responding  (37)  m'ces.  He  was  a  man  in  whom  the  (38) 
elements  were  so  (39)  mixed,  that  (40)  '  Nature  (41)  m^/i< 
have  stood  up  to  all  the  (42)  worZd  and  (43)  owned  him  as 
her  (44)  work:  His  fame,  (45)  bounded  (46)  by  (47)  no  (48) 
country,  will  (49)  be  (50)  confined  to  no  age.    The  charac 


SPELLING. 


ter  of  (51)  General  (52)  Washington,  which  his  (53)  con- 
temporaries (54)  reverence  and  (55)  admire,  will  be  (56) 
transmitted  to  (57)  posterity !  and  the  (58)  memory  of  his 
(59)  merits  and  (60)  achievements,  while  (81)  patriotism 
and  virtue  are  held  (62)  sacred  among  men,  will  (63)  re- 
main (64)  undiminished." 

The  (65)  sum  total  of  the  (66)  column  is  (67)  efyMy. 

(68)  Bees  are  (69)  ous?/  (70)  creatures,  and  (71)  ton/  up 
(72)  honey  in  (73)  cefts. 

(74)  Merchants  (75)  6w/  and  (76)  sell  (77)  san'ous  (78) 
articles  by  (79)  weight. 

(80)  Scholars  (81)  sfcouZd  (82)  fewow)  (83)  w/iere  (84)  tfieir 
(85)  lessons  are,  and  (86)  sfttdt/  them  (87)  faithfully. 

(88)  There  is  no  time  to  (89)  wait  for  (90)  carriages. 

(91)  Medals  are  (92)  oftener  (93)  icon  by  (91)  industrious 
than  by  (95)  zdTe  (96)  people. 

The  (97)  ra^ra  of  (98)  Absalom  was  (99)  uen/  (100)  short. 


Examination  Till.    Feb.  78y  7869. 
(11:00  a.  m.— 12.00  m.) 

What  he  been  the  (1)  nation's  art ;  (2)  wherein  has  its 
(3)  thought  been  (4)  realizx.d  in  (5)  some  form  of  (6)  beauty 
or  (7)  sublimity ;  how  (8)  spread  upon  (9)  canvass,  how 
(10)  chiseled  in  (11)  marble,  how  (12)  designed  in  (13) 
architecture ;  how  has  it  melted  in  (14)  music,  (15)  glowed 
in  (16)  poetry,  (17)  fascinated  in  (18)  eloquence;  how  has 
it  (19)  mimicked  life  upon  the  stage  and  (20)  marshaled 
(21)  armies  upon  the  (22)  battle-field ;  how,  in  fine,  has  it 
(23)  developed  itself  in  that  (24)  infinitude  of  (25)  artistic 
creations  that  tend  to  (26)  assimilate  man  to  God,  and 
(27)  eartfj,  to  (28)  paradise. 

Write  the  derivatives  obtained  by  adding  in<7  to  the 
following  words:  (29)  censure,  (30)  unpin,  (31)  confer,  (32ii 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


play,  (33)  dye  fto  color],  (34)  die  [to  expire],  (35)  tolerate^ 
(36)  control. 

It  is  the  (37)  triumph  of  the  (38)  genius  of  man  to  have 
(39)  succeeded,  by  (40)  means  of  (41)  economical  (42)  ap- 
pliances, in  (43)  realizing  this  (44)  phenomenon,  in  (45) 
appearance  (46)  paradoxical,  (47)  dearness  of  the  raw 
(48)  material,  and  (49)  cheapness  of  the  (50)  manu- 
factured (51)  products. 

The  (52)  mountains  of  (53)  Europe  form  (54)  several  (55) 
distinct  (56)  groups  or  (57)  systems  of  (58;  wry  (59)  di/- 
f event  (60)  geological  dates. 

On  this  (61)  si*5/ec«  the  (62)  court  (63)  says  :  It  is  (64) 
admitted  that  the  (65)  defendant  has  (66)  publislied  (67) 
portions  of  the  (68)  opera  (69)  containing  the  (70)  melodi- 
ous parts  of  it;  and  that  in  (71)  one  of  his  (72)  waltzes 
he  has  introduced  (73)  seventeen  bars  in  (74)  succession, 
containing  the  (75)  wftofe  of  the  (76)  original  (77)  air, 
(78)  although  he  (79)  adds  fifteen  others. 

The  year  has  (80)  oeen  one  of  (81)  varied  (82)  success 
with  the  farmer,  and  will  be  long  (83)  remembered  for 
the  (84)  almost  (85)  unparalleled  (86)  series  of  dry  and 
warm  (87)  weather  in  (88)  our  (89)  unusually  (90)  tem- 
pevate  climate. 

Write  the  derivatives  obtained  by  adding  ed  to  the  fol- 
lowing words :  (91)  tervify,  (92)  mat,  (93)  journey,  (94) 
de/er,  (95)  /re«,  (96)  whiz. 

Spell  the  following  proper  names  :  (97)  Connecticut,^) 
Cincinnati,  (99)  Pavaguay  (100)  Mediterranean. 


Examination  IX,    June  /4,  7868. 

(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  M.) 

Twas  in  June's  (1)  bright  and  (2)  glowing  (3)  prfm«, 
The  (4)  loveliest  of  the  (5)  summer  time. 


SPELLING. 

The  (6)  laurels  were  (7)  one  splendid  (8)  sheet 

Of  (9)  crowded  (10)  blossoms  (11)  everywliere ; 

The  (12)  locust's  (13)  clustered  (14)  pearl  was  (15)  sweet, 

And  the  (16)  tall  (17)  whitewood  made  the  (18)  air 

(19)  Delicious  with  the  (20)  fragrance  (21)  shed 

From  golden  (22)  flowers  (23)  aM  (24)  o'er  it  (25)  spread. 

Alfrd  B.  Street. 
(26)  Several  (27)  ceru  (28)  exciting  (29)  skirmishes  were 
in  (30)  progress,  when  a  (31)  Zoud  (32)  *7iou<  (33)  attracted 
the  (34)  attention  even  of  the  (35)  belligerents,  and  then  (36) 
tftere  (37)  poured  on  (38)  to  the(89)  .ptort/orm  from  a  (40)  door 
at  the  side,  a  long  line  of  (41)  gentlemen  with  (42)  their  hats 
(43)  off,  (44)  aM  (45)  looking  behind  them,  and  (46)  uttering 
(47)  vociferous  (48)  cheers ;  the  (49)  cause  (50)  whereof 
was  (51)  sufficiently  (52)  explained  when  Sir  (53)  Matthew 
Pnpker  and  the  (54)  two  (55)  otfier  (56)  reaZ  (57)  members 
of  (58)  parliament  came  to  the  (59)  /ronZ,  (60)  amidst  (61) 
deafening  (62)  shouts,  and  (63)  testified  to  (64)  each,  other 
in  (65)  dumb  (66)  motions  that  (67)  tfieu  had  (68)  never  (69) 
seen  6uch  a  (70) glorious  (71)  swTd  as  that,  in  the  (72)  whole 
(73)  course  of  their  (74)  jwbZic  (75)  career. 

Charles  Dickens. 

And  (76)  would  the  (77)  noble  (78)  dutchess  (79)  dd^n 
To  (80)  listen  to  an  old  man's  (81)  strain? 

Sir  Walter  Scott. 
Asia  Minor,  in  its  (82j  great  (83)  physical  (84)  features. 
is  a  (85)  miniature  (86)  representation  of  (87)  Asia.  Lake 
the  continent,  its  (88)  interior  is  an  elevated  (89)  plateau, 
(90)  surrounded  by  (91)  mountain  ranges  of  great,  though 
of  (83)  varying  (93)  fa%7t/. 

Amos  Dean. 
Three  (94)  poets  in  three  distant  ages  born, 
(95)  Greece,  (96)  Italy  and  England  did  (97)  adorn  ; 


THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


The  first  in  loftiness  of  (98)  thought  (99)  surpassed, 
The  next  in  (100)  majesty,  in  both  the  last. 

John  Drtden. 


JExamifiation  X.    Nov.  f2,    7869. 

(11:00  a.  m.— 12  m.) 

The  next  (1)  day,  in  a  (2)  pouring  (3)  rain,  they  went  (4) 
trough  Lake  (5)  Erie  to  (6)  Cleveland,  (7)  reaching  (8) 
there  in  the  afternoon,  and  (9)  staying  (10)  KB  late  at  (11) 
night ;  and  (12)  here  Harry  (13)  wrote  and  (14)  mailed  a 
(15)  little  (16)  tetter  home. 

Before  the  French  (17)  conquest,  the  (18)  governor  of 
(19)  .AZgriers  was  (20)  called  the  (21)  "  Dey  of  Algiers." 

(22)  Coarse  (23)  pieces  of  (24)  coaZ  burn  well  in  a  (25) 
grate. 

A  (26)  sc7ioZar  was  (27)  poring  orer  his  (28)  lesson,  (29) 
endeavoring  to  (30)  team  by  it  (31)  rote. 

(32)  Several  (33)  commoners  were  (34)  promoted  to  the 
(35)  peerage  (36)  during  the  (37)  reign  of  the  last  (38) 
sovereign. 

A  (39)  <reafy  of  (40)  peace  was  (41)  ratified  after  the  (42) 
cessation  of  (43)  hostilities. 

(44)  C-reai  (45)  /eate  were  (46)  exhibited  by  the  (47)  com- 
pears for  (48)  prizes  in  the  (49)  celebrated  games  of  (50) 
ancient  (51)  Greece. 

A  (52)  pair  of  (53)  reins  is  a  (54)  necessary  part  of  a  (55) 
harness. 

We  (56)  Tiear  that  the  (57)  steamboat  (58)  fare  has  beeD 
(59)  increased,  and  the  (60)  proposed  (61)  pier  will  not  be 
(62)  built  this  (63)  season. 

O  (64)  dear  /  what  a  (65)  crowd  of  (66)  peopte  I  have  (67) 
•een  at  the  (68)  fair. 


3PELLrN0. 


The  (60)  stars  in  (70)  their  (71)  courses  (72)  fought  (73) 
aqainst  Sisera. 
A  (74)  deer's  (75)  meat  is  called  (76)  venison. 
(77)  Pear  (78)  trees  do  not  (79)  jtourisft,  in  (80)  some  (81) 

A  (82)  beautiful  (83)  scene  was  (84)  sketched  upon  (85) 
canvass  not  less  than  (86)  eleven  (87)  /ee£  in  (88)  height. 

It  was  (89)  mee£  that  we  (90)  should  make  (91)  merry. 

(92)  Leaven  is  (93)  another  name  for  (94)  yeask 

There  are  (95)  gui'te  (96)  too  (97)  many  poor  (98)  readers 
and  (99)  spellers  in  our  (100)  schools. 


12xami?iation  XI.     Feb.  77,  7870. 

(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  M.) 

"The  (1)  value  of  (2)  written  (3)  exercises  in  (4)  master- 
ing the  (5)  orthography  of  the  (6)  language  is  (7)  uni- 
tter sally  (8)  conceded.  (9)  TTiey  are  of  no  less  (10)  im- 
portance, (11)  considered  as  a  (12)  means  of  (13)  making 
the  pupil  (14)  familiar  by  (15)  practice  with  the  forms  of 
language,  and  (16)  giving  him  (17)  facility  in  the  (18)  me- 
ehanical  part  of  (19)  composition  as  well  as  (20)  affording 
the  (21)  very  best  (22)  tfn'ZZ  in  (23)  punctuation,  the  (24], 
use  of  (25)  capitals,  etc. 

The  five  (26)  senses  are  (27)  hearing,  (28)  seeing.  (29) 
smelling,  (30)  tasting,  and  (31 )  feeling. 

Then  shall  the  lame  man  (32)  leap  as  a  (33)  /iari,  and 
the  (34)  tongue  of  the  (35)  iwmo  shall  sing. 

"A  (36)  mighty  (37)  reaZm  is  the  land  of  (38)  dreams, 

With  (39)  steeps  that  hang  in  the  (40)  twilight  sky, 
And    (41)   weltering    (42)    oceans   and   (43)    trailing 
streams. 
That  (44)  gleam  (45)  wTiere  the  (46)  dusky  (47)  «a* 
toys  (48)  lie. 


TEE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


(49)  Sulphur  is  a  (50)  mineral,  but  not  a  (51)  metal 
A  (52)  solemn  (53)  group  of  (54)  doomed  (55)  criminal* 
(56)  emerged  from  the  (57)  gloomy  (58)  dungeon. 

(59)  #ie  thee,  (60)  gues*,  to  the  (61)  flowery  (62)  mead 
whither  the  (63)  busy  (64)  tees  in  (65)  swarms  (66)  resort 
(67)  Scholars  who  (68)  frn%  (69)  deserve  (70)  generally 
(71)  receive  the  (72)  weed  of  (73)  praise. 

(74)  Dun  is  the  name  (75)  applied  to  a  (76)  certain  (77) 
sombre  (78)  ootor. 

Mr.  (79)  Matthews,  the  (80)  delegate  from  (81)  Louis- 
iana, being  (82)  thoroughly  (S3)  wearied  by  the  (84) 
fruitless  (85)  discussion,  (86)  properly  moved  the  (87)  pre- 
nows  (88)  question. 

(89)  Character  should  be  more  (90)  7iisr7iiy  esteemed 
than  (91)  wealth. 

"May  (92)  each  morn,  that  in  (93)  succession 

(94)  ^4dds  new  (95)  mercies  ever  (96)  growing, 
(97)  Zeare  a  strong  and  deep  (98)  impression 
Of  my  (99)  de^,  forever  (100)  growing.''' 


Examination  XII.    June  W,  7870. 

(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  m.) 

"It  was  a  (1)  descent  of  (2)  more  than  (3)  four  (4) 
thousand  (5)  /ee£  from  the  (6)  summit  of  (7)  tfiose  (8) 
movniains  which  (9)  witnessed  the  (10)  vision  of  (11) 
Balaam  and  (12)  Hoses,  to  the  .(13)  plains  of  Moab,  the 
(14)  Scripture  (15)  name  for  the  (16)  eastern  side  of  the 
(17)  Jordan  (18)  FaZfey  at  (19)  Jericho.  From  the  (20) 
ordinary  (21)  ZeteZ  of  that  (22)  table-land  was  a  descent  of 
(23)  aoouZ  (24)  too  thousand  feet.  The  (25)  course  of  the 
(26)  Israelites  may  be  (27)  traced  with  (28)  apparent  (29) 
certainly  (30)  dowm  a  (31)  ravine  which  (32)  descends  from 


SPELLING. 


Heshbon  to  the  Jordan,  and  which  (33)  still  (34)  retain* 
the  name  of  the  (35)  ancient  (36)  city  which  (37)  lay  at  its 
(38)  head. 

The  (39)  difference  (40)  between  the  (41)  upper  and  (42) 
lower  (43)  grounds  in  (44)  respect  to  (45)  soiZ  and  (46) 
climate  is  as  (47)  great  as  can  be  (48)  imagined.  In  (49) 
aspect,  (50)  temperature,  and  (51)  products,  the  valley  is 
(52)  tropical  in  (53)  character,  so  that  the  (54)  Hebrews  (55) 
passed  as  if  into  (56)  another  (57)  Zone.  In  its  (58;  south- 
ern (59)  extremity  (60)  i/;7ie?-e  it  (61)  o/)e?i.s  on  the  (62) 
gloomy  (63)  mist-covered  (64)  waters  of  the  (65)  asphaltie 
(66)  tate,  it  is  not  (67)  Zess  than  (68)  ftreZte  (69)  mites  in 
(70)  wuZiWi.  (71)  There,  open  and  level  on  (72)  all  (73) 
sides,  it  (74)  forms  a  (75)  space  on  which  (76)  many  (77) 
armies  (78)  might  be  (79)  encamped.  The  (80)  general 
(81)  direction  of  the  valley  (82)  iteeZ/  for  the  (83)  sixfr/ 
miles  between  lake  Tiberias  and  the  (84)  Z>ead  (85)  Sea  is 
(86)  tolerably  (87)  straight ;  but  (88)  deep  in  its  (89)  ve?^ 
(90)  bottom,  the  river  (91)  winds — it  has  (92)  been  (93)  said 
that  it  (94)  wriggles—  (95)  atongr  like  a  (96)  gigantic  (97) 
serpent,  so  that  the  (98)  ?en</Z7i  of  the  valley  is  not  sixty, 
but  two  hundred  miles.  The  (99)  square  (100)  monoton- 
ous range  of  hills  that  support  the  eastern  highlands  rises 
tip  on  that  side  for  nearly  a  hundred  miles,"  (Gage's 
Studies  in  Bible  Lands.) 


Examination  XIII,    JYov.  //,  7870. 

(11:00  A.  m.— 12:00  m.) 

"The  State  of  New  York,  (1)  one  of  the  (2)  thirteen 
(8)  original  (4)  states  of  the  (5)  American  (6)  Union,  is  (7) 
bounded  on  the  north  by  (8)  Canada,  fron  which  it  is  (9) 
teparated  by  Lake  (10)  Ontario  and  the  (11)  St.  Lawnnct 


THE    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


river ;  east  by  (12)  Vermont,  (13)  Massachusetts,  and  (14) 
Connecticut,  from  the  (15)  former  of  which  it  is  separated 
by  Lake  (16)  Champlain  ;  south  by  (17)  New  Jersey  and 
(18)  Pennsylvania ;  and  west  by  New  Jersey,  a  part  of 
Pennsylvania  and  Lake  (19)  Erie— that  lake  and  the  (20) 
Niagara  river  (21)  separating  it  from  Canada  on  the  (22) 
western  (23 J  side. 

"From  the  (24;  northern  to  the  (25)  southern  (26)  ex- 
tremity of  the  state,  its  (27)  length  is  311  miles  (28)  between 
the  (29)  fortieth  and  forty-fifth  (30;  degrees  of  north  (31) 
latitude,  and  from  east  to  west,  between  the  seventy-first 
and  seventy-ninth  degrees  of  (32;  longitude,  it  (33)  extends 
'12  miles,  (34)  comprising  an  (35)  area  of  50,519  (36) 
square  miles,  or  32,332,160  (37)  acres,  of  which  (38)  some- 
what (39)  more  than  one-  (40;  half  is  under  (41)  cultivation 
for  (42)  agricultural  (43;  purposes. 

"Its  (44)  present  (45) population  is  (46)  about  (47)  four 
(48)  millions,  of  whom  one-fourth  are  of  (49)  foreign  (50) 
birtii,  (51)  chiefly  from  (52)  Ireland,  (53)  Germany,  and 
(54)  England. 

"It  is  (55)  divided  into  sixty  (56)  counties,  and  about 
nine  (57)  hundred  and  fifty  (58)  fowms  and  (59)  cities.  Its 
(60)  principal  cities,  in  the  (61;  order  of  (62)  their  popula- 
tion (63)  respectively,  are  (64)  New  York,  (65)  Brooklyn, 
(66)  Buffalo,  (67)  Albany,  (68)  Rochester,  (69)  Troy,  (70) 
Syracuse,  (71)  Eftica,  (72)  Oswego,  (73)  Poughkeepsie,  (74) 
Au&urn,  (75)  Schenectady,  (76)  Hudson,  and  (77)  J5m£r- 
hamton.  The  (78)  capital  is  Albany,  on  the  west  (79) 
&anfc  of  the  Hudson. 

"The  chief  (80)  risers  of  the  state  are  the  Hudson,  (81) 
Mohawk,  (82)  Delaware,  (83)  Genesee,  Oswego,  and  (84) 
Susquehanna,  with  the  St.  Lawrence  on  the  north  and  the 
Niagara  on  the  west.  It  (85)  possesses  a  (86)  sea-coasi 
fro-aa  the  (87)  Atlantic  on  its  (88)  south-easterly  (89)  bordet 


SPELLING. 


(90)  along'  Staten  and  (91)  Long  Island  of  246  miles,  a 
lake-coast  of  353  miles,  and  282  miles  of  (92)  navigdbh 
rivers. 

Its  principal  lakes,  (93)  exclusive  of  Lakes  Erie,  Ontario 
and  Champlain,  are  Lakes  (94)  George  on  the  east ;  (95) 
Cayuga,  (96)  Seneca,  (97)  Canandaigua,  (98)  Crooked  and 
(99)  Chautauqua  on  the  west ;  and  Skaneateles,  (100) 
Oneida  and  Otsego  in  the  center  and  south."  (Introduc- 
tion to  8.  S.  Randall's  [School]  History  of  the  State  oj 
New  York. 


Examination  XIY.    Feb.  2£,  ?87f. 
(11:00  a.  m.— 12:00  m.) 

(1)  Leaving  (2)  Boston  on  the  (3)  afternoon  of  (4;  Sat- 
urday, the  (5)  fifth  of  (6)  February,  (7)  we  (8)  proceeded 
(9)  by  (10)  another  (11)  railroad  (12)  to  (13)  Worcester,  a 
(14)  pretty  (15)  New  England  (16)  town,  (17)  where  we  had 
(18)  arranged  to  (19)  remain  (20)  under  the  (21)  hospitable 
roof  of  the  (22)  Governor  of  the  State,  (23)  until  (24)  Mon- 
day (25)  morning. 

(26)  These  towns  and  (27)  cities  of  New  England,  (28) 
many  of  (29)  which  (30)  wouZd  (31)  be  (32)  villages  in  (33) 
OZd  England,  (34)  are  as  (35)  favorable  (36)  specimens  of 
(37)  rwraZ  America  as  (38)  their  (39)  peopZe  are  of  rural 
(40)  Americans.  The  (41)  xcell-trimmed  (42)  Zatons  and 
(43)  green  (44)  meadows  of  home  are  not  (45)  there  ;  and 
the  (46)  grass,  (47)  compared  with  (48)  our  (49)  orna- 
mental (50)  pZoZs  and  (51)  pastures,  is  (52)  ranfc  and  (53) 
rough  and  (54)  wild;  (55)  bit*  (56)  delicate  (57)  sZopes  of 
land,  (58)  gently  (59)  swelling  (60)  Tiitfs,  (61)  xoooded  (62) 
valleys,  and  (63)  slender  (64)  streams  (65)  abound  ;  (66) 
eoerv  (67)  ftftfe  (68)  coZony  of  (69)  houses  (70)  has  its  (71) 
«fturch  and  (72)  schooUhouse  (73)  peeping  from  (74)  among 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


the  (75)  white  (76)  roofs  and  (77)  shady  (78)  trees;  every 
nou6e  is  the  (79;  whitest  of  the  white ;  every  (80)  Venetian 
(81)  blind  the  (82)  greenest  of  the  green;  every  (83) fine 
(84)  day's  (85)  sfey  the  (86)  6Z  tesZ  of  the  (87)  blue.  (88)  AU 
the  (89)  buildings  (90)  footed  as  if  (91)  tfiey  had  (92)  been 
(93)  buift  and  (94)  painted  that  (95)  morning,  and  (96) 
cowZd  be  (97)  taken  down  on  Monday  with  (98)  very  (99) 
Kttie  (100)  trouble.    Dickens'  American  Notes,  Chap.  V. 


Examination  XT.    June  9,  781 '/. 

(11:00  a.  m.— 12  m.) 

(1)  Olney,  (2)  England, 

(3)  November  3,  1873. 
"  Rev.  John  (4)  Newton, 

(5)  Dear  (6)  Friend : 
My  time  is  short,  and  my  (7)  opportunity  not  the  most 
(8)  favorable.  My  (9)  letter  will  (10)  consequently  be  short 
(11)  likewise,  and  perhaps  not  (12)  ren/  (13)  intelligible. 
I  find  it  no  very  (14)  easy  (15)  matter  to  bring  my  mind 
into  that  (16)  degree  of  (17)  composure  which  is  (18) 
necessary  to  the  (19)  arrangement  of  (20)  either  (21)  words 
or  matter.  You  will  (22)  naturally  (23)  expect  to  (24) 
receive  (25)  some  (26)  account  of  the  (27)  confusion  that  I 
(28)  describe.  *  *  *  On  (29)  &iiur- 

day  (30)  r%7tf,  at  (31)  eZei-en  (32)  o'cZocfc,         *         * 
I  was  (33)  alarmed  by  a  (34)  cry  of  fire,  (35)  announced 
by  two  or  three  (36)  shrill  (37)  screams  upon  our  (38) 
staircase.     Our  (39)  servants  *  *  saw  it 

from  their  (40)  windows;  and,  in  (41)  appearance,  so  (42) 
near,  that  they  (43)  thought  our  house  in  (44)  danger.  I 
(45)  immediately  (46)  rose,  and  (47)  putting  by  the  (48)  cur- 
tain, saw  (49)  sheets  of  fire  (50)  rising  above  the  (51)  ridge  of 


SPELLING. 


Mr.  (52)  Palmer's  house,  (53)  opposite  to  (54)  ours.  The 
(55)  deception  was  such  that  I  had  no  (56)  doubt  it  had  begun 
with  him,  but,  (57)  soon  found  that  it  was  rather  farther 
(58)  off.  Having  broken  out  in  three  (59)  diferent  parts, 
it  is  (60)  supposed  to  have  been  (61)  maliciously  (62)  kin- 
dled. A  (63)  tar-barrel  and  a  (64)  quantity  of  (65)  tallow 
made  a  most  (66)  tremendous  (67)  blaze;  and  the  (68) 
buildings  it  had  (69)  seized  upon  being  all  (70)  thatched,  the 
(71)  appearance  became  every  (72)  moment  more  (73) 
formidable.  (74)  Providentially,  the  night  was  (75)  per- 
fectly (76)  calm,  so  calm  that  (77)  candles,  (78)  without 
{79)  lanterns,  of  which  there  were  (80)  multitudes  in  the 
(81)  street,  burned  as  (82)  steadily  as  in  the  house.  * 

*  Every  man  who  supposed  his  (83)  dwelling 

in  (84)  jeopardy,  (85)  emptied  it  as  fast  as  he  could,  and 
(86)  conveyed  his  (87)  movables  to  the  house  of  some  (88) 
neighbor,  supposed  to  be  more  (89)  secure.  *  * 

(90)  George is  the  (91)  principal  (92)  suf- 
ferer. He  gave  (93)  eighteen  (94)  guineas,  or  (95)  nearly 
that  sum,  to  a  woman,  whom  in  his  (96)  hurry,  he  (97) 
mistook  for  his  wife ;  but  the  supposed  wife  (98)  walked 
off  with  the  (99)  money,  and  he  will  probably  never  (100) 
recover  it."          *          * 

Your3,  my  dear  friend, 

William  Cowpeb. 


Exami?iati07i  XVI.    JVov.  W,  1871. 
(11:00  a.  m— 12.00  m.) 

Value  of  the  Federal  Union. —  Webster. 

I  (1)  profess,  (2)  sir,  in  in  my  (3)  career,  (4)  hitherto,  to 
(5)  have  (6)  kept  in  (7)  view  the  (8)  prosperity  and  (9J 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


honor  of  the  (10)  whole  (11)  country,  and  the  (12)  preser- 
vation of  (13)  our  (14)  Federal  (15)  Union.  It  is  to  thai 
Union  we  (16)  owe  our  (17)  safety  at  (18)  home,  and  our 
(19)  consideration  and  (20)  dignity  (21)  abroad ;  to  that 
Union  we  are  (22)  chiefly  (23)  indebted  for  (24)  whatever 
(25)  makes  us  (26) proud  of  our  country.  That  Union  we 
(27)  reached  (28)  onZy  by  the  (29)  discipline  of  our  (30) 
virtues  in  the  (31)  severe  (32)  school  of  (33)  adversity.  It"" 
has  had  its  (34)  origin  in  the  (35)  necessities  of  (36)  dis- 
ordered  (37)  finance,  (38)  prostrate  (39)  commerce,  and  (40) 
ritinea*  (41)  credit.  Under  its  (42)  benign  (43)  influence 
(44)  £7iese  (45)  #?'ea£  (46)  interests  (47)  immediately  (48) 
awoke,  as  from  the  (49)  cfeati,  and  (50)  sprang  (51)  /ortfi 
with  (52)  newness  of  life.  (53)  Every  (54)  year  of  its  (55) 
duration  has  (56)  teemed  with  (57)  /res7i  (58)  proofs  of  its 
(59)  utility  and  its  (60)  blessings ;  and  (61)  although  our  (62) 
territory  has  (63)  stretched (64)  ou£  (65)  mder  and  wider,  and 
our  (66)  population  (67)  spread  (68)  farther  and  farther,  (69) 
fhey  have  not  (70)  outrun  its  (71)  protection  or  its  (72)  bene- 
)&$.  It  has  (73)  been  to  us  (74)  aZZ  a  (75)  copious  (7 &)  fountain 
of  (77)  national,  (78)  social,  (79)  personal  (80)  happiness. 
*  *  I  have  not  (81)  accustomed  (82)  myself  to 
(83)  7ian#  over  the  (84)  precipice  of  disunion,  to  (85)  sea 
(86)  whether,  with  my  short  (87)  sig7i*,  I  can  (88)  fathom 
the  (89)  deptfi  of  the  (90)  abyss  (91)  beZou> ;  nor  (92)%ould 
I  regard  him  as  a  safe  (93)  counselor  in  the  (94)  affairs  of  his 
(95)  government,  whose  (96)  thoughts  should  be  (97)  mainly 
bent  on  (98)  considering,  not  how  the  Union  should  be  best 
(99)  preserved  but  how  tolerable  might  be  the  condition  of 
the  people  when  it  shall  be  broken  up  and  (100)  destroyed, 


Examination  XYJI.    Feb.  28,  /872. 
(11:00  A.  m.— 12:00  M.) 
The  (1)  great  (2)  object  of  all  (3)  knowledge  is  to  enlarge 


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and  purify  the  (4)  sow?,  to  fill  the  mind  with  (5)  nobis 
contemplations,  and  to  furnish  a  refined  (6)  pleasure.  (7) 
Considering  this  as  the  ultimate  end  of  (8)  science,  no 
branch  of  it  can  surely  (9)  claim  (10)  precedence  of  (11) 
astronomy.  *  *  * 

Much,  however,  as  we  are  (12)  indebted  to  our  (13)  ob- 
servations for  (14)  elevating  our  (15)  conceptions  of  the 
(16)  heavenly  (17)  bodies,  they  present  even  to  the  (18)  un- 
aided (19)  sight  (20)  scenes  of  glory,  which  words  are  (21) 
too  (22)  feeble  to  (23)  describe.  I  had  (24)  occasion,  a  few 
weeks  since,  to  take  the  (25)  early  (26)  train  from  (27) 
Providence  to  (28)  Boston ;  and  for  this  (29)  purpose  rose 
at  (30)  two  o'clock  in  the  morning.  *  *  It 

was  a  mild,  (31)  serene,  midsummer's  (32)  night,— the  sky 
was  without  a  (33)  cloud — the  winds  were  (34)  whist.  The 
moon,  then  in  the  last  (35)  quarter,  had  just  (36)  risen, 
and  the  stars  shone  with  a  spectral  (37)  lustre,  but  (38) 
little  (39)  affected  by  her  (40)  presence.  (41)  Jupiter,  two 
(42)  hours  high,  was  the  herald  of  the  day ;  the  Pleiades 
just  above  the  (43)  horizon  shed  (4  )  their  sweet  (45)  in- 
fluence in  the  east;  Lyra  (46)  sparkled  (47)  near  the 
Zenith  ;  Andromeda  (48)  veiled  her  newly  (49)  discovered 
(50)  glories  *  *  in  the  (51)  south;  the  (52)  steady 
(53)  pointers  far  beneath  the  pole  looked  meekly  up  from 
the  (54)  depths  of  the  north  to  their  (55)  sovereign. 

Such  was  the  glorious  (56)  spectacle  as  I  entered  the 
train.  As  we  (57)  proceeded,  the  timid  (58)  approach  of 
(59)  twilight  became  more  (60)  perceptible  ;  the  (61)  intense 
(62)  blue  of  the  sky  began  to  (63)  soften  ;  the  (64)  smaller 
stars,  like  little  (65)  children,  went  first  to  rest,  the  sister- 
beams  of  the  (66)  Pleiades  soon  melted  together  ;  but  the 
(67)  bright  (68)  constellations  of  the  west  and  north  (69) 
remained  unchanged.  Steadily  the  (70)  wondrous  trans- 
figuration went  on.  *  *  The  blue  sky  now 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


turned  more  softly  (71)  gray;  the  great  watch  stars  shut 
up  their  holy  eyes  ;  the  east  began  to  (72)  kindte.  Faint 
(73)  streaks  of  (74)  purple  soon  blushed  along  the  sky ;  the 
(75)  whole  (76)  celestial  (77)  concave  was  filled  with  the 
inflowing  tides  of  tbe  morniDg  light,  which  came  (78) 
pouring  down  from  above  in  one  great  (79)  ocean  of  (80) 
radiance.  *  *  In  a  few  (81)  seconds,  the 

everlasting  gates  of  the  morning  were  (82)  thrown  wide 
open,  and  the  Lord  of  day,  (83)  arrayed  in  glories  too 
(84)  severe  for  the  gaze  of  man,  began  his  state. 

I  do  not  (85)  wonder  at  the  (86)  superstition  of  the  (87) 
ancient  Magians,  who  in  the  morning  of  the  world  went 
up  to  the  hill  tops  of  Central  (88)  Asia,  and,  ignorant  of 
the  (89)  true  God,  adored  the  most  glorious  work  of  his 
hand  ;  but  I  am  filled  with  (90)  amazement,  when  I  am 
told  that  in  this  (91)  enlightened  age,  and  in  the  (92)  heart 
of  the  (93)  Christian  world,  (94)  there  are  (95)  persons 
who  can  (96)  witness  this  (97)  daily  (98)  manifestation  of 
the  (99)  power  and  wisdom  of  the  (100)  Creator,  and  yet 
gay  in  their  hearts,  "There  is  no  God." 

Edward  Everett, 


Examination  XrZIZ.    June  7,  7872. 

(11:00  A.  M.— 12:00  m.) 
PATIENCE— Spurgeon. 

(1)  Patience  is  (2)  better  than  wisdom  ;  an  (3)  ounce  of 
patience  is  worth  a  pound  ot  (4)  brains.  All  men  (5J 
praise  patience,  but  few  (6)  enough  can  practice  it ;  it  ia 
a  (7)  medicine  which  is  good  for  all  (8)  diseases,  and 
therefore  every  old  woman  (9)  recommends  it ;  but  it  is 
not  every  garden  that  grows  the  (10)  herbs  to  make  it  with. 
When  one's  flesh  and  bones  are  full  of  (11)  aches  and  (12) 


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pains,  it  is  as  (13)  natural  for  us  to  (14)  murmur  as  for  a 
horse  to  shake  his  head  when  the  (15)  flies  (16)  tease  him, 
or  a  wheel  to  (17)  rattle  when  the  spoke  is  loose ;  but 
nature  should  not  be  the  rule  with  (18)  Christians,  or 
what  is  their  (19)  religion  worth  1  If  a  (20)  soldier  fights 
no  better  than  a  ploughboy,  (21)  off  with  his  red  (22)  coat. 
We  (23)  expect  more  (24)  fruit  from  an  (25)  apple-tree, 
than  from  a  (26)  thorn,  and  we  have  a  (27)  right  to  do  so. 
The  (28)  disciples  of  a  patient  (39)  Saviour  (30)  should  be 
patient  (31)  themselves.  Grin  and  (32)  bear  it,  is  the  (33) 
old-fashioned  (34)  advice,  but  sing  and  bear  it  is  a  (35) 
great  (36)  deal  better.  After  all,  we  get  (37)  very  few  cuts 
of  the  (38)  whip  (39)  considering  what  bad  (40)  cattle  we 
are,  and  when  we  do  smart  a  little,  it  is  (41)  soon  over. 
Pain  past  is  (42)  pleasure,  and  (43)  experience  comes  by  it. 
We  (44)  ought  not  to  be  (45)  afraid  of  going  down  into  (46) 
Egypt  when  we  know  we  shall  come  out  of  it  with  (47) 
jewels  of  silver  and  gold. 

Impatient  (48)  people  water  their  (49)  miseries,  and  (50) 
hoe  up  their  (51)  comforts ;  (52)  sorrows  are  (53)  visitors 
that  come  without  (54)  invitation,  but  (55)  complaining 
minds  send  a  (56)  wagon  to  bring  (57)  troubles  home  in. 
(58)  Many  people  are  born  (59)  crying,  live  complaining 
and  (60)  die  (61)  disappointed ;  they  (62)  chew  the  (63) 
bitter  pill  which  they  (64)  would  not  even  know  to  be  bit- 
ter if  they  had  the  (65)  sense  to  (66)  swallow  it  (67)  whole 
in  a  cup  of  patience  and  water.  They  think  every  other 
man's  (68)  burden  to  be  (69)  light,  and  their  own  (70) 
feathers  to  be  (71)  heavy  as  (72)  lead ;  they  are  hardly 
done  by  in  their  own  (73)  opinion  ;  no  one's  (74)  toes  are  so 
often  (75)  iroddj&n  on  as  (76)  theirs  ;  the  snow  falls  (77) 
thickest  round  their  (78)  door,  and  the  hail  (79)  rattle* 
hardest  on  their  (80)  windows;  and  yet  if  the  truth  were 
(81)  known,  it  is  their  (82)  fancy  rather  than  their  fate 


THE    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


which  makes  things  go  so  hard  with  them.  A  little  sprig 
of  the  herb  called  (83)  content  put  into  the  (84)  poorest  (85) 
soup  will  make  it  taste  as  rich  as  the  Lord  Mayor's  (86) 
turtle.  John  (87)  Ploughman  (88)  grows  the  plant  in  his 
garden,  but  the  late  hard  winter  (89)  nipped  it  (90)  ter- 
rdbly,  so  that  he  cannot  (91)  aford  to  give  his  (92) 
neighbors  a  slip  of  it ;  they  had  better  (93)  follow  (94) 
Matthew,  xxv,  9,  and  go  to  those  who  sell  and  (95)  buy 
for  themselves.  (96)  Grace  is  a  good  (97)  soil  to  grow  it 
in,  but  it  wants  (98)  watering  from  the  (99)  fountain  of 
(100)  mercy. 


Bxami?iation  XIX.     JYov.  70,  7877* 
(11:00  A.  m.— 12.00  M.) 

EXERCISE. 

We,  the  (1)  People  of  the  (2)  State  of  (3)  New  York,  (4) 
grateful  to  (5)  Almighty  God  for  (6)  our  (7)  freedom,  in 
(8)  order  to  (9)  secure  its  (10)  blessings,  do  (11)  establish 
this  (12)  constitution. 

(13)  Article  I. 

(14)  Sec.  1.  (15)  No  (16)  member  of  this  state  (17)  shall 
be  (18)  disfranchised  or  (19)  deprived  of  (20)  any  of  the 
(21)  rights  or  (22)  privileges  secured  to  any  (23)  citizen 
(24)  thereof  (25)  unless  by  the  (26)  law  of  the  land,  or  the 
(pi)  judgment  of  his  (28)  peers. 

Sec.  2.  (29)  Trial  by  (30)  jury  in  (31)  all  (32)  cases  in 
(33)  w/ucTi  it  (34)  has  (35)  teen  (36)  heretofore  (37)  used 
Ehall  (38)  remain  (89)  inviolate  (40)  forever,  but  a  jury 
trial  may  be  (41)  waived  by  the  (42)  parties  in  all  (43) 
CM>tf  cases,  in  the  (44)  manner  (45)  prescribed  by  law. 

8ec.  3.    The  (46)  free  (47)  exercise  and  (48)  enjoyment 


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of  (49)  religious  (50)  profession  and  (51)  worship,  (52) 
without  (53)  discrimination  or  (54)  preference,  shall  for- 
ever be  (55)  allowed  in  this  state  to  all  (56)  mankind ; 
and  no  (57)  person  shall  be  (58)  rendered  (59)  incompetent 
to  be  a  (60)  witness  on  (61)  account  of  his  (62)  opinions  on 
(63)  matters  of  religious  (64)  5efte/;  but  the  (65)  ftberfy  of 
(66)  conscience  (67)  hereby  secured  shall  not  be  so  (68)  con- 
strued as  to  (69)  excuse  (70)  acts  of  (71)  licentiousness,  or 
(72)  justify  (73)  practices  (74)  inconsistent  with  the  (75) 
.peace  or  (76)  safety  of  this  State. 

Sec.  4.  The  privilege  of  the  (77)  w#  of  (78)  habeas 
(79)  corpus  shall  not  be  suspended  unless  (80)  when  in 
cases  of  (81)  rebellion  or  (82)  invasion,  the  (83)  publio 
safety  may  (84)  require  its  (85)  suspension. 

Sec.  5.  (86)  Excessive  (87)  baiZ  shall  not  be  required, 
nor  excessive  (S8)  fines  (89)  imposed,  nor  shall  (90)  crwei 
and  (91)  unusual  (92)  punishment  be  (93)  inflicted,  nor 
ehall  "witnesses  be  (94)  unreasonably  (95)  detained. 

Sec.  6.    No  person  shall  be  held  to  (96)  answer  for  a 
(97)  capital  or  (98)  otherwise  (99)  infamous  (100)  crime. 
*  *  *  unless  on  presentment  or  in- 

dictment of  a  grand  jury.  *  *  * 


Bxaminatio?i  XX.    Feb.  28,  7873. 

(11:00  A.  m.— 12:00  m.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1)  Once  upon  a  (2)  midnight  (3)  dreai-y,  (4)  while  I  (5) 

pondered,  (6)  icea&  and  (7)  weary, 
Over  (8)  mam/  a  (9)  quaint  and  (10)  curious  (11)  voZum* 

of  (12)  forgotten  (13)  tore,— 
While  I  (14)  nodded,  (15)  nearly  (16)  napping,  (17)  skoU 

den7y  (18)  there  came  a  (19;  tapping, 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


As  of  some  (20)  one  (21)  gently  (22)  rapping,  rapping  at 

my  (23)  chamber  (24)  door; 
"  Tis  some  (25)  visitor,"  I  (26)  muttered,  "tapping  at  my 

chamber  door, — 

Only  this,  and  (27)  nothing  more." 

Ah !  (28)  distinctly  I  (29)  remember,  it  was  in  the  (30)  bleak 

(31)  December, 
And  (32)  each  (33)  separate  (34)  dying  (35)  ember  (36) 

wrought  its  (37)  ghost  upon  the  (38)  floor. 
(39)  Eagerly  I  (40)  wished  the  (41)  morrow;  (42)  vainly  I 

had  (43)  sought  to  (44)  borrow, 
From  my  (45)  books,  surcease  of  (46)  sorrow, — sorrow  for 

the  (47)  tosi  Lenore, — 
For  the  (48)  rare  and  (49)  radiant  (50)  maiden  (51)  whom 

the  (52)  angels  name  Lenore, — 

(53)  Nameless  (54)  here  (55)  forevermore. 

(56)  itacA;  into  the  chamber  (57)  turning,  (58)  aZZ  my  (59) 

sowZ  within  me  (60)  burning, 
(61 )  Soon  (62)  agrain  I  (63)  heard  a  tapping,  (64)  something 

(65)  louder  than  (66)  before; 
(67)  "Surely"  (68)  said  I,— "surely  that  is  something  at 

my  (69)  window  (70)  lattice; 
Let  me  (71)  see  then,  (72)  what  thereat  is,  and  this  (73) 

mystery  (74)  explore, — 
Let  my  (75)  heart  be  (76)  still  o,  (77)  moment^  and  this 

mystery  explore ; — 

'Tis  the  (78)  wind,  and  nothing  more.' 

Open  here  I  (79)  flung  the  (80)  shutter,  (81)  when,  with 

many  a  (82)  flirt  and  (83)  flutter, 
In  there  (84)  stepped  a  (85)  stately  (86)  raven  of  the  (87) 

saintly  (88)  days  of  (89)  2/ore. 
Not  the  (90)  least  (91)  obeisance  made  he;    not  a  (92) 

minute  (93)  stopped  or  (94)  staid  he ; 


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But  with  (95)  mien  of  (96)  lord  or  (97)  lady,  (98)  perched 

above  my  chamber  door ; — 
Perched  upon  a  (99)  bust  of  Pallae,  (100)  just  above  my 

chamber  door, — 

Perched  and  sat,  and  nothing  more. 


Examination  XXI.    June  6,  7873. 

(11:00  a.  m.— 12  m.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1)  Wft£n,  in  the  (2)  course  of  (3)  human  (4)  events,  it 
(5)  becomes  (6)  necessary  for  (7)  one  (8)  people  to  (9)  dis- 
solve the  (10)  political  (11)  bands  which  have  (12)  connected 
them  with  (13)  another,  and  to  (14)  assume,  (15)  among 
the  (16)  powers  of  the  (17)  earth,  the  (18)  separate  and  (19) 
egua?(20)  station  to  -which  the  (21)  Za?x-s  of  (22)  nature 
and  of  nature's  God  (23)  entitle  them,  a  (24)  decent  (25) 
respect  to  the  (26)  opinions  of  mankind  (27)  requires  that 
they  (28)  should  (29)  declare  the  causes  which  (30)  impel 
them  to  the  (81)  separation. 

We  hold  (32)  tfiese  (33)  frutfis  to  be  (34)  self-evident,  that 
all  men  are  (35)  created  equal ;  that  they  are  (36)  endowed 
by  (37)  their  (38)  Creator  with  (39)  certain  (40)  unalienable 
(41)  rights;  that  (42)  among  these  are  life,  liberty  and  the 
(43)  pursuit  of  (44)  happiness.  That  to  (45)  secure  these 
rights,  (46)  governments  are  (47)  instituted  among  men, 
(48)  deriving  their  just  (49)  powers  from  the  (50)  consent 
of  the  (51)  governed;  that  whetever  any  form  of  govern- 
ment becomes  (52)  destructive  of  these  ends,  it  is  the  right 
of  the  people  to  (53)  alter  or  to  (54)  abolish  it,  and  to  in- 
stitute a  (55)  new  government,  (56)  laying  its  {57)  founda- 
tion on  such  (58)  principles,  and  (59)  organizing  its  powers 
In  such  form,  as  to  them  shall  (60)  seem  most  (61)  likely  to 


THE   REGENTS     QUESTIONS. 


(63)  effect  their  (63)  safety  and  happiness.  (64)  Prudence^ 
(65)  indeed,  will  (66)  dictate  that  governments  long  estab- 
lished, (67)  should  not  be  (68)  changed  for  (69)  light  and 
(70)  transient  causes ;  and  (71)  accordingly,  all  (72)  experi- 
ence hath  (73)  shown,  that  mankind  are  more  (74)  disposed 
to  suffer,  while  (75)  evils  are  (76)  sufferable,  than  to  right 
(77)  themselves  by  (78)  abolishing  the  forms  to  which 
they  are  (79)  accustomed.  But  when  a  long  (SO)  train 
of  (81)  abuses  and  (82)  usurpations,  (83)  pursuing  (84)  in- 
variably the  same  (85)  object,  (86)  euinces  a  (87)  design  to 
(88)  reduce  them  under  (89)  absolute  (90)  despotism,  it  is 
their  right,  it  is  their  duty,  to  (91)  throw  (92)  o#"  such  gov- 
ernment, and  to  (93)  pj-ovide  new  (94)  guards  for  their 
(95)  future  (96)  security.  Such  has  been  the  (97)  patient 
(98)  sufferance  of  these  (99)  colonies,  and  such  is  now  the 
necessity  which  (100)  constrains  them  to  alter  their  for- 
mer system  of  government. 


Bxami?iation  XXII,    JVov.  7,  ?S7#. 

(11:00  A.  m.— 12:00  m.) 

Exercise — Fable  of  the  Ant  and  the  Grasshopper. 

In  the  (1)  winter  (2)  season,  a  (3)  commonwealth  of  (4) 
Ants  was  (5)  busily  (6)  employed  in  the  (7)  management 
and  (8)  preservation  of  (9)  tfieir  (10)  corn,  which  (11)  they 
(12)  exposed  to  the  (13)  air  in  (14)  Tieaps  (15)  about  the 
(16)  avenues  of  tbeir  (17)  little  (18)  country  (19)  habitation. 
A  (20)  grasshopper  who  had  (21)  chanced  to  (22)  ou^iw 
the  (23)  sitmmer,  and  was  (24)  ?*eadi/  to  starve  with  cold 
and  (25)  hunger,  (26)  approached  them  with  (27)  great  (28) 
humility,  aud  (29)  foe^ed  that  (30)  tfiey  (31)  would  (32) 
re&eoe  his  (33)  necessity  with  (34;  one  (35)  grain  of  (36) 
icteaf  or  (37)  rye.    One  of  the  Ants  (38)  asked  him,  how 


SPELLING. 

>M^  .11  |  ■  ■     ■      I.  ■  ■     ■  ■    II         ■  i  .        M         I  _  ■      ,i  I  M 

ne  had  (39)  disposed  of  his  time  in  summer,  that  he  had 
not  taken  (40)  pains  and  (41)  laid  in  a  (42)  stock  as  they 
had  (43)  done.  (44)  uAlas,  (45)  gentlemen,"  (46)  sat^s  he, 
"I  (47)  passed  away  the  time  (48)  merrily  and  (49)pteas- 
anlly  in  (50)  drinking,  (51)  singing,  (52)  dancing,  ana  (53) 
neuer  (54)  once  (55)  thought  of  winter."  "If  that  be  the 
ease,"  (56)  replied  the  ant,  (57)  laughing,  (58)  "di  I  have 
to  say,  is,  that  they  who  drink,  sing  and  dance  in  summer, 
must  starve  in  winter." 

MORAL. 

As  summer  is  the  season  of  the  (59)  year  in  which  the 
(60)  husbandman  (61)  gathers  such  (62)  fruits  as  may  (63) 
supply  his  (64)  necessities  in  winter,  so  (65)  youth  and  (66) 
mantoood  (67)  should  be  (68)  chiefly  (69)  occupied  in  (70) 
providing  such  (71)  necessaries  as  may  (72)  suffice  for  the 
(73)  craving  (74)  demands  of  (75)  helpless  old  age.  Yet 
(76)  ma?i?/  of  (77)  tfiose  (78)  t«?iom  we  call  (79)  rational  (80) 
creatures  live  in  (81)  guite  the  (82)  opposite  (83)  root/,  (84) 
making  it  their  (85)  business  to  (86)  squander  whatever 
they  may  have  (87)  acquired ;  as  if  the  (88)  feebleness  of 
age  would  (89)  need  no  (90)  supplies  to  (91)  support  it ;  or, 
at  (92)  least,  would  have  them  (93)  furnished  in  (94)  some 
(95)  miraculous  (96)  manner. 

From  this  fable  we  (97)  learn  this  (98)  lesson,  never  to 
lose  any  (99)  opportunity  of  providing  against  the  future 
evils  and  (100)  accidents  of  life. 


Examinatio?i  XXIII.    Feb.  27,  7876. 
(3:15  A.  M.— 4:15  M.) 

EXERCISE. 

(1)  Daniel  (2)    Webster  was  (3)  grea.  in  all  the  (4) 
dements  of  his  (5)  character :  great  in  (6)  original  (7) 


THE    REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


mental  (8)  strength ;  great  in  (9)  varied  and  vast  (10> 
acquirements;   great  in  (11)  quick  and    (12)  keen 

(13)  perception;  great  in  (14)  subtle,  (15)  logical  (16)  dis- 
Crimination;  great  in  (17) /orce  of  (18)  thought;  great  in 
(19)  power  of  (20)  intense  and  (21)  r?'gfici  (22)  analysis: 
great  in  rare  and  (23)  beautiful  (24)  combination  of  (25) 
talents ;  great  in  (26)  ability  to  (27)  command  his  powers  ; 
great  in  (28)  ran</e  and  (29)  acuteness  of  (30)  vision,  for 
he  (31)  comW  (32)  see  like  a  i33)  prophet.  (34)  iZence  hia 
(35)  decision  of  character  ;  his  bold.  (36)  manly,  (37)  inde- 
pendent though  ;  his  (38)  whole  (39)  sovereign  ty  of  mind. 

No  man  (40)  probably  ever  lived,  who  could  (41)  caleu-  ■ 
late,  with  such  (42)  mathematical  (43)  certainty,  the  (44) 
separate  (45)  ejfecZ  of  (46)  human  (47)  actions,  or  the  (48) 
intricate,  (49)  combined,  and  (50)  complicated  (51)  in/?u- 
ence  of  (52)  et'en/  (53)  movement,  (54)  social,  (55)  political  or 
(56)  personal.  He  could  (57)  de/ine  and  (58)  determine  the 
(59)  ven/  (60)  destiny  of  influence.  This  is  the  (61)  &e?/ 
to  the  (62)  problem  of  his  (63)  greatness,  an  (6i)  explana- 
tion of  the  (65)  miracle  of  his  power.  We  are  (66)  proud 
of  his  greatness,  (67)  because  it  is  (68)  American,  (69) 
wholly  American !  The  very  (70)  impulses  of  his  (71) 
Tieari  were  American. 

The  (72)  spirit  of  American  (73)  institutions  had  (74)  in- 
/used  itself  into  his  life-had  (75)  become  a  part  of  his  being. 
He  was  proud  of  his  (76)  country;  proud  of  her  (77)  com- 
merce; her  art  and  (78)  science ;  her  (79)  wealth,  (80) 
resources  and  labor;  and  all  in  turn  were  proud  of  hirn. 
His  (81)  patriotism  was  not  (82)  bounded  by  the  (83)  nar- 
row (84)  limits  of  (85)  sectional  (86)  interest  nor  (87) 
hemmed  in  by  state  lines,  nor  (88)  regulated  by  local  (89) 
policy.  It  was  as  (90)  broad  as  his  country.  He  (91) 
knew  a  North  and  a  (92)  South,  an  East  and  a  West;  but 
be  knew  them  only  as  one — "One  and  (93)  inseparable  /' 


SPELLING. 


Ab  a  (94)  forsenic  (95)  orator.  I  know  of  no  age  which 
can  boast  his  (96)  superior.  He  united  the  boldness  and 
energy  of  the  (97)  Grecian,  and  the  (98)  grandeur  and 
strength  of  the  Roman,  to  an  original  (99)  simplicity 
which  neither  Grecian  nor  Roman  (100)  possessed. 


Examination  XXIY,    Jmie  5,  ?87&. 

(3:15— 4:15  P.  M.) 
EXERCISE. 

The  (1)  lesson  win  (2)  begin  at  the  (3)  beginning  of  the 
(4)  treatise.-*-  (5)  Sets  of  (6)  apparatus  are  (7)  necessary 
for  the  (8)  illustration  of  the  (9)  physical  (10)  sciences.— 
On  the  (11)  eighth  of  (12)  February,  a  (13)  Connecticut  (14) 
peddler,  (15)  wearing  a  (16)  stttt  of  (17)  gray  (18)  clothing, 
(19)  displayed  his  (20)  tcares  in   an  (21)  avenue  of  (22) 

Cincinnati. The  (23)  plane  of  the  (24)  horizon  is  (25) 

horizontal. (26)  Josephs  (27)  brethren  sold  him  to  the 

(28)  Ishmaelites. The  (29)   oa&  is  a  (30)  symbol  of 

strength:  the  vine,  of  (31)  dependence:  the  (32)  cypress, 
of  (33)  sorrow:  the  elm,  of  (34)  elegance:  the  (35) ^r,  of 
(36)  symmetry  ;  and.  as  an  evergreen,  of  (37)  immortality. 

(38)  Fur  is  warm  but  costly  (39)  apparel. The  (40) 

Missouri  river  empties  into  the  (41)  Mississippi. Strike 

the  loud  (42)  cymbal. The  (43)  judge  of  the  supreme 

court  (44)  affirmed  the  (45)  judgment  of  the  lower  (46) 
tribunal. (47)  Ladies  and  (48)  gentlemen,  the  (49)  pro- 
gramme will  open  with  a  (50)  quartette  and  (51)  choi~us. 

A  (52)  council  of  war  was  called,  and  the  general 

(53)  counseled  with  the  (54)  colonels  and  (55)  civilian* 
present. 

"  He  looked  and  saw  a  (56)  spacious  (57)  plain  whereon 
"Were  tents  of  various  (58)  hue ;  by  some  were  (59)  herd* 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Of  (60)  cattle  (61)  grazing ;  others  -whence  the  sound 

Of  (62)  instruments  that  made  (63)  melodious  (64)  chime, 

Hiram  had  (65)  hewers  of  wood. None  are  too  young 

to  (66)  try. (67)  Matheio  (68)  tries  to  learn. The  (69) 

Czar  (70)  supported  his  (71)  pretensions. (72)  Scholar, 

(73)  soldier,  (74)  st.rgeon,  (75)  sargeant,  (76)  sheriff  and 

(77)  sovereign,  all  begin  with  s. (78)  Bin/jhamion  is  in 

(79)  Broome  county  ;  (80)  Syracuse  in  (SI)  Onondaqa. 

(82)  Reading,  (83)  Spelling,  (84)   Writing,  (85)  Arithmetic, 
(86)  Grammar  and  (87)  Geography  are  very  important 

branches  of  (88)  education. James  and  (89)  two  other 

boys  were  (90)  there. The  (91)  schooner  was  lost  at  (92) 

tea,  (93)  off  Cape  (94)  St.  Rogue. (95)  Their  eyes  (96) 

see  clearly. From  (97)  scenes  like  these  old  Sooiia'a 

(98)  grandeur  springs. (99)  "  Vanity  of  (100)  vanities, 

salth  the  Preacher." 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXV.    JVor.  6,  187&-* 


(3:15-4:15  p.  m.) 


1  accordance. 

34  February. 

2  aggregate. 

35  feeling. 

3  although. 

36  following. 

4  angle. 

37  fragments. 

5  appeal. 

38  fruits. 

6  apples. 

39  generals. 

7  applicable. 

40  grammar. 

8  assist. 

41  gratitude. 

9  attack. 

42  handkerchief. 

10  average. 

43  handsome. 

11  belief. 

44  happen. 

12  betray. 

45  happier. 

13  building. 

46  having. 

14  bureau. 

47  horizon. 

15  business. 

48  hundred. 

16  collectible. 

49  hurrying. 

17  committee. 

50  immediately. 

18  companies. 

51  initial. 

19  daylight. 

52  insurance. 

20  department. 

53  language. 

21  detach. 

54  living. 

22  doctrine. 

55  marble. 

23  drilled. 

56  militia. 

24  during. 

57  miracles. 

25  eagerness. 

58  mischievous. 

26  enemy. 

59  money. 

27  engineering. 

60  mystery. 

28  enthusiasm. 

61  occupation.  - 

29  envelop. 

62  operation. 

30  equipage. 

63  orchard. 

31  estimate. 

64  participle. 

32  everything. 

65  postage. 

S3  excellent. 

66  practice. 

67  practicing. 

68  praise. 

69  present. 

70  pressing. 

71  procure. 

72  provincial. 

73  quantity. 

74  quotient. 

75  receipt. 

76  receive. 

77  regiment. 

78  resident. 

79  Rhode  Island. 

80  rousing. 

81  running, 

82  sealed/ 

83  sensible. 

84  services. 

85  shaking. 

86  spies. 

87  stagger. 

88  summit. 

89  surprise. 

90  Switzerland. 

91  symmetry. 

92  taught. 

93  touched. 

94  transposed. 

95  treasure. 

96  trenches. 

97  trying. 

98  warmth. 

99  Wednesday, 
100  Yorkville. 


THB   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXVI.    Feb.  26,  f876. 

(3:15—4:15  P.  M.) 


1  ability. 

2  accent. 

3  adjective. 

4  affection. 

5  ague. 

6  alkali. 

7  amazement. 

8  answer. 

9  antique. 

10  approved. 

11  balloon. 

12  banquet. 

13  beastly. 

14  blackguard. 

15  boarder. 

16  carcass. 

17  cheating. 

18  compass. 

19  deception. 

20  discernment. 

21  dollar. 

22  dreariness. 

23  dungeon. 

24  dwelling. 

25  eagle. 

26  election. 

27  embalm. 

28  emergency. 

29  ensign. 

80  Esquimaux. 

81  Europe. 

82  exchequer. 

83  eye-salve. 


34  famous. 

35  fashion. 

36  fruitful. 

37  footstool. 

38  furrow. 

39  gauge. 

40  Glasgow. 

41  glue. 

42  guidance. 

43  heathenism. 

44  hemisphere. 

45  honesty. 

46  hyena. 

47  Island. 

48  Indianapolis. 

49  issue. 

50  jubilee. 

51  knapsack. 

52  kitchen. 

53  lancet. 

54  laughter. 

55  Louisiana. 

56  malicious. 

57  matchless. 
5S  middle. 

59  mixture. 

60  Missouri. 

61  nuisance. 

62  nuptial. 

63  oblique. 

64  outside. 

65  patient. 

66  Pennsylvania. 

67  pompous. 


68  powder. 

69  prejudice. 

70  priesthood. 

71  quarrelsome. 

72  quotation. 

73  rebellion. 

74  recitation. 

75  reference 

76  rhinocero  s 

77  roughness. 

78  sachel. 

79  saddle. 

80  seasonable. 

81  shawl. 

82  sincere. 

83  sovereign. 

84  struggle. 

85  subjection. 

86  synthesis. 

87  talkative. 

88  thistle. 

89  tongue.. 

90  tyranny. 

91  umbrella. 

92  unfairness. 

93  utterance. 

94  vault. 

95  watchman,, 

96  wrinkle. 

97  wrong. 

98  yearly. 

99  yielding. 
100  zealous. 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXYII.    June  &,  1876, 

(3:15— 4:15  P.  M.) 


1  abolish. 

2  abridge. 

3  account. 

4  action. 

5  adjourn. 

6  advice. 

7  agency. 

8  alphabet. 

9  altar  (for  sacri- 

fice. 

10  arouse. 

11  auction. 

12  ballot. 

13  balsam. 

14  beauty. 

15  bilious. 

16  biscuit. 

17  blossom. 

18  bugle. 

19  building. 

20  calico. 

21  canvas  (coarse 

cloth.) 

22  carriage. 

23  coffee. 

24  conjugate. 

25  cream. 

26  currency. 

27  defect. 

28  discord. 

29  dishonesty. 

80  edge. 

81  equality. 

82  essence. 

83  excellent. 


34  fatigue. 

35  feeble. 

36  flight. 

37  foreign. 

38  fruit. 

39  gazette. 

40  genius. 

41  grain. 

42  ground. 

43  guilt. 

44  harpoon. 

45  heaven. 

46  highness. 

47  hymn  (song  of 

praise). 

48  idle  (doing 

nothing). 

49  idol  (an  image) 

50  immense. 

51  innocent. 

52  January 

53  journey. 

54  juicy. 

55  juvenile. 

56  kettle. 

57  knife. 

58  language. 

59  learning. 

60  luncheon. 

61  measure. 

62  meeting. 

63  merit. 

64  Mississippi. 

65  monstrous. 

66  morocco. 


67  motion. 

68  neighbor. 

69  noble. 

70  numeral. 

71  officer. 

72  orphan. 

73  oxygen 

74  painting, 

75  passion. 

76  pigeon. 

77  policy. 

78  precious. 

79  priest. 

80  pulley. 

81  question. 

82  quill. 

83  ransom. 

84  receipt. 

85  rogue. 

86  Russia. 

87  sailor. 

88  science. 

89  security. 

90  spelling. 

91  steam. 

92  temple. 

93  thought. 

94  training. 

95  utility. 

96  valiant. 

97  vowel. 

98  weakness. 

99  witty. 
100  youthful. 


THE  REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXTIII.    Nov.  5,  7875.  \ 
(3:15-4:15  P.  m.) 


1  about. 

2  academy. 

3  address. 

4  advance. 

5  afloat. 

6  alcohol. 

7  amusement. 

8  anxious. 

9  auger  (tool) 

10  autumn. 

11  babble. 

12  beard. 

13  beau. 

14  bear  (animal) 

15  bare  (not  cov- 

ered). 

16  besiege. 

17  bravery. 

18  brilliant. 

19  bugle. 

20  button. 

21  calendar,   (al- 

manac). 

22  captive. 
28  catalogue. 

24  charcoal. 

25  colonel     (offi- 

cer). 

26  comply. 

27  court. 

28  crown. 

29  dairy. 

80  declension. 

81  dialogue. 

82  domain. 


33  dwarf. 

34  eighteen. 

35  employ. 

36  equit3T. 

37  feeble. 

38  flower    (blos- 

som). 

39  frighten. 

40  glean. 

41  gouge. 

42  guess. 

43  hammer. 

44  health. 

45  Hebrew. 

46  houses. 

47  hyphen. 

48  isthmus. 

49  joint. 

50  judgment. 

51  justice. 

52  knock. 

53  knowledge. 

54  languid. 

55  league. 

56  light. 

57  lyceum. 

58  mansion. 

59  marriage. 

60  mercantile. 

61  mighty. 

62  motion. 

63  muslin. 

64  neutral. 

65  numbness. 

66  oyBter. 


67  paint. 

68  pebble. 

69  perceive. 

70  pitcher. 

71  portrait. 

72  prison. 

73  Prussia. 

74  quinsy. 

75  ransack. 

76  reindeer. 

77  rhetoric. 

78  rye  (grain). 

79  saucer. 

80  scholar. 

81  season. 

82  senior. 

83  shears. 

84  sleigh     (ye- 

hide). 

85  soldier. 

86  spoon. 

87  surgeon. 
8S  telegraph. 

89  Tennesee. 

90  type. 

91  usher. 

92  useful. 

93  valley. 

94  vestige. 

95  voyage, 

96  warrant. 

97  wheel 

98  wreck. 

99  youth. 
100  zephyr. 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXIX,    Feb.  25,  7876. 


(3:15—4:15  p.  m.) 


1  able. 

35  entrance. 

67  manager. 

2  abroad. 

36  erring. 

68  mechanic. 

8  absent- 

37  exhibition. 

69  Memphis. 

4  acid. 

38  factory. 

70  ministry. 

5  acquire. 

39  fanatical. 

71  needful. 

6  adjunct. 

40  feature. 

72  neither. 

7  amusement. 

41  fiftieth. 

73  neuter. 

8  appetite. 

42  fountain. 

74  quinsy. 

9  ascension. 

43  genealogy. 

75  opposition. 

10  avail. 

44  genuine. 

76  overseer. 

11  baggage. 

45  glacier. 

77  painful. 

12  barbarism. 

46  goblet. 

78  pasturage. 

13  bargain. 

47  grateful. 

79  pearl. 

14  between. 

48  greasy. 

80  pension. 

15  bitterness. 

49  greatness. 

81  physician. 

16  bouquet. 

50  hailstone. 

82  piracy. 

17  buckle. 

51  harmonize. 

83  pleasant. 

18  butcbery. 

52  haughty. 

84  pretension.. 

19  career. 

53  hoarseness. 

85  quince. 

20  capacity. 

54  increase. 

86  ratio. 

21  chairman. 

55  insurrection. 

87  reason. 

22  choir  (singers) 

.  56  irregular. 

88  ripple. 

23  clearness. 

57  Jamaica. 

89  sagacity. 

24  coach. 

58  journal. 

90  scent,  (odor).. 

25  cancel. 

59  knot  (of  a  tree 

,  91  section. 

26  country. 

or  of  cords). 

92  seraph. 

27  deceive. 

60  lamb. 

93  sheriff. 

28  delight. 

61  latitude. 

94  Scotch  (peopled 

29  diplomacy. 

62  leaven  (yeast). 

95  6p  arrow. 

80  distillery. 

63  lessen  (to  make  96  twelfth. 

31  druggist. 

less). 

97  usury. 

32  dyspepsia. 

64  lighten. 

98  vengeance 

S3  edition.  j 

65  lightning. 

99  widow. 

84  embryo. 

66  majesty. 

100  wrestling. 

THE   REGENTS'  QUE3TION3. 


Examination  XXX.    June  9,  /S7&* 


(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 


electricity. 

engage. 

epitaph. 

errand. 

excursion. 

eyebrow. 

faintness. 

fearful. 

fiction. 

flattery. 

follower. 

fourteen. 

furnace. 

garrison. 

gentleman. 

gloomy. 

gutter. 

handsome. 

harness. 

heathen. 

hogshead. 

humble. 

hypocrite. 

illness. 

25  counsel  (advice)59  impulse. 

26  curtain.  60  injury. 

27  damsel.  61  irritate. 

28  daughter.  62  jack-knife. 

29  decease.  63  jewel. 
80  discuss.               64  key. 

31  door.  65  kneeling. 

82  dunce.  66  iance. 

83  dutiful.  67  lawyer. 

84  echo.  68  letter. 


1  absence.  35 

2  absolute.  36 

3  accuracy.  37 

4  acquaint.  38 

5  admission.  39 

6  alien.  40 

7  analysis.  41 

8  apostle.  42 

9  asvlum.  43 

10  awful.  44 

11  bachelor.  45 

12  banner.  46 

13  base(found'tion  47 

14  beam.  48 

15  beginning.  49 

16  boundary.  50 

17  breakfast.  51 

18  cabbage.  52 

19  catarrh.  53 

20  centennial.  54 

21  chalk.  55 

22  choice.  56 

23  cloud.  57 

24  conceit.  58 


69  luxury. 

70  machine. 

71  marshal. 

72  mingle. 

73  mother. 

74  mutton. 

75  naughty. 

76  nervous. 

77  notch. 

78  nutriment. 

79  obey. 

80  obtain. 

81  origin. 

82  parable. 

83  people. 

84  populous. 

85  princess. 

86  queen. 

87  ready. 

88  recess, 
remainder, 
review, 
school. 

92  secrecy. 

93  sieve. 

94  solemn. 

95  subject. 

96  thread. 

97  tough. 

98  unity. 

99  volume. 
100  wrist. 


89 
90 
91 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXXI.    Mr.  W,  7876. 
(3:15 — 4:15  P.  M.) 


1  abandon. 

35  envy. 

69  magnify. 

2  abolition. 

36  equal. 

70  meal. 

3  abstract. 

37  eternity. 

71  mouth. 

4  ache. 

38  examination. 

72  multitude. 

5  adjourn. 

39  exhaust. 

73  mutual. 

6  anchor. 

40  eyelid. 

74  nail. 

7  apology. 

41  fable. 

75  needle. 

8  arch.' 

42  father. 

76  night. 

9  Atlantic. 

43  finish. 

77  number. 

10  author. 

44  flash. 

78  occasion. 

11  badge. 

45  foolish. 

79  offense. 

12  baptism. 

46  fortune. 

80  onion. 

13  barometer. 

47  future. 

81  owl. 

14  battery. 

48  gallon. 

82  parliament. 

15  bread. 

49  giant. 

83  parcel. 

16  butter. 

50  government. 

84  pioneer. 

17  button. 

51  guardian. 

85  possible. 

18  candle. 

52  half. 

86  quarrel. 

19  careless. 

53  hawk. 

87  raspberry. 

20  celebrate. 

54  high. 

88  rejoice. 

21  cheese. 

55  hollow. 

89  roast. 

22  church. 

56  hurricane. 

90  ruffian. 

23  coach. 

57  ice. 

91  Sabbath. 

24  compact. 

58  impiety. 

92  scourge. 

25  copy. 

59  incense. 

93  single. 

26  crystal. 

60  instance. 

94  snowball. 

27  damage. 

61  intrigue. 

95  spasm. 

28  December. 

62  jelly. 

96  teachei. 

29  degree. 

63  judge. 

97  traffic. 

80  dewdrop. 

64  kingdom. 

98  ugliness. 

31  diphthong. 

65  knuckle. 

99  velocity, 

32  Dutch. 

66  lace. 

100  youngster. 

33  election. 

67  liberty. 

84  energy. 

68  Louisiana. 

TEE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXXII,    March  2,  7877* 


(3:15—4:15  p.  m.) 


1  abhor. 

35  eulogy. 

68  monarch. 

2  accomplish. 

36  excuse. 

69  nature. 

3  admire. 

37  fault. 

70  nonsense. 

4  agent. 

38  figure. 

71  nurse. 

5  Allegany. 

39  fleece. 

72  omission. 

6  almanac. 

40  history. 

73  oracle. 

7  apparel. 

41  fraud. 

74  ostrich. 

8  attorney. 

42  fugitive. 

75  owner. 

9  bandage. 

43  gesture. 

76  palmtree. 

10  baptize. 

44  glass. 

77  passenger. 

11  beef. 

45  granite. 

78  persuade. 

12  bosom. 

46  gulf. 

79  philosophy 

13  bribe. 

47  guinea. 

80  politics. 

14  bundle. 

48  heart. 

81  quiet. 

15  capable. 

49  history. 

82  range. 

16  catechism. 

50  hungry. 

83  recollection 

17  census. 

51  image! 

84  repair. 

18  chasm. 

52  impossible. 

85  Russian. 

19  climate. 

53  influence. 

86  Savannah. 

20  coat. 

54  iron  (i'urn). 

87  sentence. 

21  concert. 

55  ivory. 

88  should. 

22  copper. 

56  jealousy. 

89  sterling. 

23  creature. 

57  joyous. 

90  sturgeon. 

24  death. 

58  jury. 

91  territory. 

25  decimal.  x 

59  Kentucky. 

92  transitive. 

26  devil. 

60  knitting. 

93  usage. 

27  dominion. 

61  lameness. 

94  vehicle. 

28  drought. 

62  laziness. 

95  weather. 

29  dynasty. 

63  liniment. 

96  willing. 

30  elbow. 

64  lye  (made  from  97  worshipped 

81  elephant. 

ashes.) 

98  yeoman. 

32  empire. 

65  majority. 

99  zeal. 

S3  entice. 

66  masculine. 

100  zone. 

84  equator. 

67  mellow. 

SPELLING. 


Examination  XXXIII.    June  7,  1877. 


(3:15— 4. 15  P.  M.) 


1  abase. 

2  abundance. 

3  accommodate 

4  adhere. 

5  admiral. 

6  advise. 

7  argue. 

8  arrive. 

9  arrow. 

10  await. 

11  balance. 

12  bankrupt. 

13  battle. 

14  beyond. 

15  blessing. 

16  breast. 

17  bulletin. 

18  cartridge. 

19  caution. 

20  chamber. 

21  clean. 

22  comfort. 

23  countenance. 

2*  crockery. 

25  daily. 

26  danger. 

27  demagogue. 

28  direction. 

29  doubtful. 

30  dullness. 

81  elasticity. 

82  engross. 

88  erection. 

84  European. 

35  extensive.  68 

36  facility.  69 

37  faithless.  70 

38  fallacy.  71 

39  feudalism.  72 

40  flail.  73 

41  foreigner.  74 

42  furthest.  75 

43  fusion.  76 

44  gallows.  77 

45  geese.  78 

46  glassy.  79 

47  'Grecian.  80 

48  grudge.  81 

49  gypsum.  82 

50  heavy. 

51  honey.  83 

52  Hungary.  S4 

53  idiot.  85 

54  imagery.  86 

55  impression.  87 

56  independence.    88 

57  Indianapolis.      89 

58  jeopardy.  90 

59  justify.  91 

60  keeper.  92 

61  knowing.  93 

62  labyrinth.  94 

63  latch.  95 

64  length.  96 

65  lyre  (a  kind  of  97 

harp).  98 

66  maiden.  99 

67  meadow.  100 


mineral. 

Minnesota. 

myriad. 

necessary. 

Norway. 

orthography. 

pair  (a  couple). 

pear  (kind  of 

Persia.      fruit 

play. 

potential. 

progress. 

pudding. 

quarry. 

rain  (drops  of 

water), 
reign  (to  rule). 
routine, 
sanction, 
scout, 
sneezing, 
teeth, 
toast, 
treatise, 
true. 

Uruguay, 
vanity, 
victuals, 
whale, 
which, 
woolen. 
Yucatan, 
zebra. 
zinc. 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXXir.    Nov.  8,  1877. 


(3:15—4:15  p.  m.) 


accident. 

acquit. 

adieu. 

adversary. 

Alabama. 


6  album. 

7  animal. 

8  arithmetic. 

9  atmosphere. 

10  axle. 

11  bail  (security). 
13  bale  (bundle). 

13  barter. 

14  Belgium. 

15  birch  (kind  of 

16  bottle.       tree). 

17  bowl. 

18  bubble. 

19  cable.  << 

20  camphor. 

21  century. 

22  cherry. 

23  Cleveland. 

24  conscience. 

25  county. 

26  debate. 

27  debtor. 

28  Deity. 

29  double. 

30  dryness. 

31  eloquence. 

32  empty. 

33  era.  * 

34  evening. 


35  expense.  69 

36  failure.  70 

37  fetter.  71 

38  fleet.  72 

39  foot.  73 

40  fuel.  74 

41  funeral.  75 

42  gaiter.  76 

43  gallery.  77 

44  Georgia.  78 

45  glove.  79 

46  grandeur.  80 

47  guard.  81 

48  habit.  82 

49  head.  83 

50  heal  (to  cure).    84 

51  heel  fof  foot).  85 

52  holiness.  86 

53  ignorance.  87 

54  inch.  88 

55  interest.  89 

56  ivy.  90 

57  jealousy.  91 

58  Jesse    (man's    92 

59  July.        name).93 

60  kangaroo.  94 

61  kitten.  95 

62  ladder.  96 

63  lantern.  97 

64  leader.  98 

65  lecture.  99 

66  longitude.  100 

67  lumber. 

68  magistrate. 


mammoth, 

mayor. 

minute. 

multiply. 

neatness. 

numerous. 

object. 

ounce. 

Oregon. 

oxen. 

Pacific. 

paper. 

pardon. 

penny. 

place. 

psalm. 

quick. 

raisin. 

ream. 

respect. 

scale. 

secretary, 

sergeant, 

snail. 

spool. 

summer. 

throat. 

tooth. 

use. 

value. 

window, 

wreath. 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXXV.     Thursday, 
February  28,   1878. 

(3:15—4:15  P.  M.) 


1  division. 

2  impatience. 

3  gradual. 

4  landscape. 

5  pronoun. 

6  grief. 

7  appendix. 

8  ball. 

9  hatchet. 

10  poison. 

11  noose. 

12  riddle. 

13  worthy. 

14  meat  (flesh). 

15  chain. 

16  Australia. 

17  example. 

18  brush. 

19  rays  (of  light). 

20  oration. 

21  Baltic  (sea). 

22  mackerel. 

23  forgiveness. 

24  Calcutta. 

25  scarcity. 

26  joy. 

27  advantage. 

28  parallel. 

29  busy. 

30  elegance. 

31  pyramid. 

32  heresy. 

33  music. 

34  palace. 


35  against. 

36  Oregon. 

37  beggar. 

38  legion. 

39  pillow. 

40  manhood. 

41  rudder. 

42  Italy. 

43  feather. 

44  angel. 

45  decency. 

46  reader. 

47  geography. 

48  cannon  (gun). 

49  miser. 

50  budget. 

51  nominative. 

52  settlement. 

53  glory. 

54  lizard. 

55  clock. 

56  preacher. 

57  malady. 

58  comb. 

59  extract. 

60  quire  (of  paper) 

61  nymph. 

62  attention. 

63  narrow. 

64  peaceable. 

65  hallow  (to  rev- 

erence). 

66  dozen. 

67  hospital. 


68  fight. 

69  Philadelphia. 

70  raise  (to  lift). 

71  equinox. 

72  barrel. 

73  massacre. 

74  diamond. 

75  romance. 

76  opinion. 

77  sausage. 

78  Jericho. 

79  cousin. 

80  axis. 

81  endeavor. 

82  reed  (a  plant). 

83  guide. 

84  lattice. 

85  calamity. 

86  brain. 

87  library. 

88  intellect. 

89  Delaware. 

90  idolatry. 

91  publish. 

92  tobacco. 

93  month. 

94  buffalo  (ani- 

mal). 

95  privilege. 

96  tissue. 

97  kernel. 

98  Albany. 

99  maintenance. 
100  quadruped. 


THE  REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXXVI.      Thursday, 
June  6,  1878. 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 


1  Aaron. 

2  dazzle. 

3  garden. 

4  umbrella. 

5  illustrious. 

6  abusive. 

7  Babylon. 

8  handle. 

9  leaf  (of  a  tree). 

10  necessity. 

11  keel  (of  a  ship). 

12  pageant. 

13  magazine. 

14  calmness. 

15  acre  (of  land). 

16  effect. 

17  bamboo. 

18  palsy. 

19  oath. 

20  basket. 

21  maple-sugar. 

22  family. 

23  Canaan. 

24  quarter. 

25  javelin. 

26  ragged. 

27  pewter. 

28  beefsteak. 

29  elocution. 

30  San  Francisco. 

31  harmless. 

32  martyr. 

33  seam  (a  joint). 

34  appearance. 

35  observe. 


36  beetle. 

37  legislature. 

38  kindred. 

39  Massachusetts. 

40  sea  (body  of 

water). 

41  importance. 

42  fellowship. 

43  Austrian. 

44  deepest. 

45  tailor  (maker  of 

clothes). 

46  Genesee. 

47  capture. 

48  measles. 

49  Bengal. 

50  noise. 

51  vessel. 

52  gingerbread. 

53  leopard. 

54  cashier. 

55  weight 

(beaviness). 

56  memory. 

57  cigar. 

58  error. 
59'threshold. 

60  notice. 

61  murderer. 

62  seem  (to  appear)  95 

63  nursery.  96 

64  counterfeit.         97 

65  dial.  98 

66  see  (to  look)       99 

67  fever.  100 


68 
69 
70 
71 

72 
73 
74 
75 

76 

77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 
83 
84 
85 
86 
87 
88 
89 
90 
91 

92 
93 
94 


herald. 

wait  (to  tarry). 

existence. 

bloody. 

million. 

drain. 

scythe. 

principle  (gen- 
eral truth). 

oppression. 

junior. 

chest.       ' 

awkward. 

religion. 

forgery. 

gooseberry. 

loaf  (of  bread)* 

circle. 

botany. 

lunatic. 

indolence. 

dumbness. 

Italian. 

recruit. 

principal 
(chief). 

mountain. 

brass. 

rascal. 

pontiff. 

closet. 

honorary. 

growth. 

ambuscade. 

Dutchess  (co.) 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXXVII.    Nov.  7 ,  187S. 

(3:15— 4: 15  P.  M.) 


1  courage. 

35  board. 

69  bier  (for  carry 

2  taste. 

36  Tuesday. 

ing  the  dead) 

3  infamy. 

37  east. 

70  space. 

4  calf.  * 

38  leakage. 

71  express. 

5  occur. 

39  petition. 

72  stomach. 

6  encroach. 

40  agreeable. 

73  dentist. 

7  accept.     . 

41  Baltimore. 

74  won  (did  win) 

8  yellow. 

42  flee  (to  hasten). 

75  gender. 

76  Lisbon. 

9  kennel. 

43  quench. 

10  devout. 

44  current  (of  a 

77  boxes. 

11  request. 

stream). 

78  session. 

12  essential. 

45  room. 

79  lily. 

13  Potomac. 

4(5  harrow. 

80  disguise. 

14  banker. 

47  Michigan. 

81  view. 

15  one  (number). 

48  barge. 

83  leek  (a  plant)- 

16  fatality. 

49  power. 

83  accuse. 

17  stall.  " 

50  glorify. 

84  jail. 

18  dagger. 

51  shower. 

85  ridge. 

19  warrior. 

53  capital  (city). 

86  flannel. 

20  immersion, 

53  major. 

87  Germany. 

21  alum. 

54  Siberia. 

88  captain. 

22  rear. 

55  festoon. 

89  patent. 

23  floor. 

56  sample. 

90  guest. 

24  niece. 

57  addition. 

91  zodiac. 

25  currant  (fruit) 

58  uuion. 

92  bathing. 

26  Quebec. 

59  mahogany. 

93  monkey. 

27  prudence. 

60  earnest. 

94  idea. 

28  beer (bever- 
age). 

61  Chicago. 

95  flea  (insect) 

62  jockey. 

96  capitol  (edi- 

29 pippin. 

63  choose. 

fice). 

30  Greek. 

64  organic. 

97  Arkansas. 

31  dodge. 

65  eclipse. 

98  darkness. 

32  twinkle. 

66  matrass. 

99  camel. 

33  limb. 

67  woolly. 

100  armies. 

34  already. 

68  bleach. 

THE   REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XXXVIII.  Feb.  27, 1879. 


1  beginner. 

2  hearing. 

3  f  abric. 

4  pail  (a  vessel). 

5  Benjamin. 

6  jar. 

7  safety. 

8  desire. 

9  skeptic. 

10  abject. 

11  trophy. 

12  ear. 

13  learn. 

14  pilot, 

15  campaign. 

16  odd. 

17  dress. 

18  size. 

19  law. 

20  acknowledge. 

21  ulcer. 

22  invoice. 

23  false. 

24  water. 

25  blow. 

26  Spain. 

27  gaming. 

28  oar  (of  a  boat). 

29  lieutenant. 

30  active. 

31  serpent. 

32  hair  (of  the 

head). 

33  rosewood. 

34  declare. 

35  Carolina, 


(3:15—4:15  p.  m.) 

36  sauce. 

37  George. 

38  varnish. 

39  just, 

40  affliction. 

41  torrent, 

42  here  (in  this 

place). 

43  float. 

44  defeat. 

45  border. 

46  in  (preposition). 

47  Mohawk. 

48  disobey. 

49  party. 

50  almost, 

51  oil. 

52  economy. 

53  laundry. 

54  primitive. 

55  certificate. 

56  quorum. 

57  gigantic. 

58  marine. 

59  ramble. 

60  anniversary. 

61  seen  (to  be 

seen  \. 

62  excise. 

63  fly. 

64  whence. 

65  broom. 

66  mill. 

67  porcelain. 

68  Iceland. 

69  refugee. 


70  arctic. 

71  scene  (a  view). 

72  Hollander. 

73  federal. 

74  witness. 

75  daisy. 

76  pale  (color- 

less). 

77  gracious. 

78  sneeze. 

79  knight  (a  ti- 

tle). 

80  assembly. 

81  theme. 

82  emancipation. 
S3  Ohio. 

84  mention. 

85  burial. 

86  yeast, 

87  gross. 

88  ore    (of   a 

metal). 

89  Joseph. 

90  avenue. 
'.'1  system. 

92  hare  (an  ani- 

mal). 

93  reply. 

94  deafness. 

95  cistern. 

96  inn   (public 

house). 

97  shanty. 

98  approach. 

99  finally. 
100  conclusion. 


SPELLING. 


Examination  XXXIX.     June  5,  1879. 

(3:15—4:15  p.  m.) 


1  Adam. 

2  pencil. 

3  cheap. 

4  lake. 

5  bloom. 

6  indulge. 

7  damp. 

8  Rochester. 

9  friction. 

10  act. 

11  harmony. 

12  loom. 

13  Capricorn. 

14  match. 

15  Boston. 

16  institute. 

17  establish. 

18  notion. 

19  garment. 

20  apprentice. 

21  idleness. 

22  potato. 

23  Chautauqua. 

24  judicial. 

25  bank. 

2(5  opponent. 
27'  decision. 

28  misery. 

29  ideology. 

30  Africa. 

31  husband. 
3.3  testament. 

33  Christian. 

34  keep. 
$5  can. 


36  pillar. 

37  deck. 

38  straight  (not 

crooked). 

39  green. 

40  alone. 

41  restraint. 

42  merciful. 

43  chemist. 

44  justification. 

45  bind. 

46  philosopher. 

47  diagram. 

48  virion. 

49  fright, 

50  abbreviation. 

51  Ireland. 

52  male  (mascu- 

line). 

53  class. 

54  labor. 

55  back. 

56  imperfect. 

57  elsewhere. 

58  negative. 

59  gain. 

60  arm. 

61  hoof. 

62  uncommon. 

63  Chenango. 
61  lei  ure. 

65  canal. 

66  reflect. 

67  extend. 

68  tuition. 


69  grove. 

70  accer-s. 

71  Hamilton. 

72  nation. 

73  condemn. 
71  kill. 

75  basis. 

76  joke. 

77  defraud. 

78  welcome. 

79  frigid. 

80  administration 

81  heat. 

82  profit. 

83  caravan. 

84  mail  (post). 

85  balm. 

86  Steuben. 

87  deacon. 

88  strait  (narrow 

pass). 
b9  ii'ipsy. 
90  abode. 
'.'1  hatch. 

92  passive. 

93  certain. 

94  Jefferson. 

95  bay. 

96  invention. 

97  dispute. 

98  muscle. 

99  friend. 
100  Asia. 


THE  REGENTS    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  XL.    Nov.  6,  1879. 

(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 


1.  America. 

2.  worth. 

3.  bible. 

4.  vain     (fruit- 
less.) 

5.  doctor. 

6.  payment. 

7.  neglect. 

8.  encourage. 

9.  offer. 

10.  abrupt. 

11.  barley. 

12.  consequence 

13.  herself. 

14.  plane(atool.) 

15.  dry. 

16.  rational. 

17.  monarchy. 
18  declaim. 

19.  rebuke. 

20.  again. 

21.  seat 

22.  clause. 

23.  bayonet. 

24.  warble. 

25.  finance. 

26.  waste  (loss.) 

27.  Charlotte. 

28.  triangle. 

29.  no  (negative) 

30.  appoint. 

31.  look. 

32.  collar. 

83.  bill. 

84.  leather. 

85.  Julius. 


36.*  sorry. 

37.  know(tohave 

knowledge.) 

38.  endurance. 

39.  rumor. 

40.  affair. 

41.  polish. 

42.  clothing. 

43.  savage. 

44.  method. 

45.  Isaiah. 

46.  vacation. 

47.  libel. 

48.  flood. 

49.  parish. 

50.  acclamation. 

51.  quality. 

52.  chance. 

53.  beach  (of  the 
sea. 

54.  towel. 

55.  foe  (enemy.) 

56.  gospel. 

57.  usurp. 

58.  esteem. 

59.  painter. 

60.  ammunition. 

61.  weary. 

62.  Harriet. 

63.  breathe. 

64.  shoe. 

65.  doubt. 

66.  invisible. 

67.  waist  (of  the 
body.) 

68.  extreme. 


69.  mutiny. 

70.  alive. 

71.  option. 

72.  groove. 

73.  behavior. 

74.  purple. 

75.  disgrace. 

76.  leap. 

77.  tarry. 

78.  faithful. 

79.  saloon. 

80.  abuse. 

81.  plague. 

82.  chief. 

83.  several. 

84.  knavery. 

85.  common. 

86.  plain     (level 
land.) 

87.  antecedent. 

88.  Emily. 

89.  pepper. 

90.  vein  (a  tube.) 

91.  temperance. 

92.  mature. 

93.  beech    (kind 
of  tree.) 

94.  Roman. 

95.  lioness. 

96.  interfere. 

97.  quiver. 

98.  glance. 

99.  oak. 

100.  Jerusalem. 


SPELLING. 


Examination-  XLI     Feb.  26,  1880. 

(3:15-4:15  P.   M.) 

The  (1)  only  hope  of  (2)  salvation  for  the  (3)  Greek 
(4)  empire  and  the  (5)  adjacent  (6)  kingdoms,  (7) 
would  have  (8)  been  (9)  some  (10 j  more  (11)  power- 
ful (12)  weapon,  some  (13)  discovery  in  the  art  of  (14) 
war,  that  should  (15)  give  them  a  (16)  decisive  (17) 
superiority  (18)  over  (19)  their  (20)  Turkish  (21)  foes. 
The  (22)  chemists  of  (23)  China  or  (24)  Europe  had 
(25)  found,  by  (26)  casual  or  (27)  elaborate  (28)  ex- 
periments, that  a  (29)  mixture  of  (30)  saltpetre,  (31) 
sulphur,  and  (32)  charcoal  (33)  produces,  with  a  (34) 
spark  of  fire,  a  (35)  tremendous  (36)  explosion.  It  was 
(37)  soon  (38)  observed,  that  if  the  (39)  expansive  (40) 
force  were  (41)  compressed  in  a  (42)  strong  (43)  tube, 
a  ball  of  (44)  stone  or  (45)  iron  (46)  might  be  (47)  ex- 
pelled with  (48)  irresistible  and  (49)  destructive  (50) 
velocity. 

The  (51)  precise  (52)  era  of  the  (53)  invention  and 
(54)  application  of  (55)  gunpowder  is  (56)  involved  in 
(57)  doubtful  (58)  traditions  and  (59)  equivocal  (60) 
language;  yet  we  may  (61)  discern  that  it  was  (62) 
known  (63)  before  the  (64)  middle  of  the  (65)  four- 
teenth (66)  century ;  and  that  before  the  end  of  the 
(67)  same,  the  (68)  use  of  (69)  artillery  in  (70)  battles 
and  (71)  sieges,  by  (72)  sea  and  land,  was  (73)  famil- 
iar to  the  (74)  states  of  (75)  Germany,  (76)  Italy.  (77) 
Spain,  (78)  France,  and  (79)  England.  The  (80) 
priority  of  (81)  nations  is  of  (82)  small  (83)  account; 
(84)  none  could  (85)  derive  (86)  any  (87)  exclusive 
(88)  benefit  from  their  (89)  previous  or  (90)  superior 
(91)  knowledge;  and  in  the  (92)  common  (93)  im- 
provement, (94)  they  (95)  stood  on  the  same  (96)  level 
of  (97)  relative  (98)  power  and  (99)  military  (100) 
science.  Edicard  Gibbon. 


THE   REGENTS'  QUESTIONS. 


Exam ination  XL II (a),  June  3,  1880. 
(3:15-4:15  P.  M.) 

On  the  (1)  twelfth  of  (2)  November  (3)  seventeen  (4) 
hundred  and  (5)  ninety- two,  (6)  Christopher  (7)  Co- 
lumbus (8)  turned  his  (9)  course  to  the  east  (10)  south- 
east, to  (11)  follow  (12)  back  the  (13)  direction  of  the 
(14)  coast.  This  may  be  (15  considered  (16)  another 
(17)  critical  (18)  change  in  his  (19)  voyage,  (20)  which 
had  a  (21)  g  eat  (22  effect  upon  his  (23)  subsequent 
(24)  discoveries.  He  had  (25)  proceeded  (26)  far  (27) 
within  what  is  (28)  called  the  (29)  old  (30)  channel, 
(31)  between  (32)  Cuba  and  the  (33)  Bahamas.  (34) 
Three  or  (35)  four  (36)  days  (37)  later,  he  (38)  would 
(39)  have  (40)  discovered  his  (41)  mistake  in  (42)  sup- 
posing Cuba  a  (43)  part  of  terra-firma;  an  (44)  error 
in  which  he  (45)  continued  to  the  (46)  hour  of  his  (47) 
death.  He  (48)  might  have  had  (49)  intimation  (50) 
also  of  the  (51)  vicinity  of  the  (52)  continent,  and 
have  (53)  stood  for  the  coast  of  (54)  Florida,  or  have 
(55)  been  (56)  carried  (57)  thither  by  the  (58)  gulf  (59) 
stream,  \or,  (60)  continuing  (61)  along  Cuba  (62) 
where  it  (63)  bends  to  the  south-west  might  have  (64) 
struck  (65)  over  to  the  (66)  opposite  coast  of  (67)  Yu- 
catan, and  have  (68)  realized  his  (69)  most  (70)  san- 
guine (71)  anticipations  in  (72)  becoming  the  (73) 
discoverer  of  (74)  Mexico.  It  (75)  was  (76)  sufficient  (77) 
glory  for  Columbus,  (78)  however,  to  have  discovered 
a  (79)  new  (80)  world.  (81)  Its  (82)  more  (83)  golden 
(84)  regions  (85)  were  (86)  reserved  to  (87)  give  (88) 
splendor  to  (89)  succeeding  (90)  enterprises.  *  *  *  On 
the  5th  of  (91)  December  he  (92)  reached  the  (93) 


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eastern  end  of  Cuba,  which  he  supposed  to  be  the 
eastern  (94)  extremity  of  (95)  Asia:  he  (96)  gave  it 
(97)  therefore,  the  name  of  (98)  Alpha  and  (99) 
Omega,  the  (100)  begining  and  the  end. 

Ir ring's  Columbus,  Book  iv,  Chapter  t_ 


Examination  XLII  (b),  June  17,  18 SO. 
(3:15-4:15  p.  m.) 

(1)  New  York,  (2)  one  of  the  (3)  thirteen  (4)  original 
(5)  states  of  the  (6)  United  States  of  (7)  America,  (8) 
now  the  (9)  most  (10)  important  in  (11)  population 
and  (12)  wealth,  (13)  occupies  an  (14)  irregular  (15) 
triangular  (16)  area  from  the  (17)  Atlantic  (18)  Ocean 
to  the  (19)  great  (20)  lakes.  The  state  is  (21)  four 
(22)  hundred  and  (23)  twelve  (24)  miles  from  (25)  east 
to  west,  (26)  three  hundred  and  (27)  eleven  from 
north  to  (28)  south,  with  an  (29)  area  of  (30)  forty- 
seven  (31)  thousand  (32)  square  miles,  or  (33)  thirty 
34)  million  (35)  eight  hundred  thousand  (36)  acres; 
37)  bounded  north  by  Lake  (38)  Erie,  Lake  (39) 
Ontario,  the  (40)  river  (41)  St.  Lawrence,  and  (42) 
Canada;  east  by  Lake  (43)  Champlain,  the  states  of 
(44)  Vermont,  (45)  Massachusetts,  and  (46)  Connecti- 
cut and  by  the  Atlantic  Ocean;  south  by  the  ocean, 
(47)  New  Jersey  and  (48)  Pennsylvania;  west  by 
Pennsylvania,  the  (49)  Niagara  river,  and  the  lakes 
(50)  which  (51)  make  (52)  its  irregular  (53)  north-west- 
ern (54)  boundary.  The  state  has  (55)  sixty  (56) 
counties.  Its  (57)  chief  (58)  towns  (59)  are  New 
York  (60)  city,  (61)  Albany,   the  (62)  capital,   (63) 


THE  REGENTS'   QTESTIONS. 


Buffalo,  (64)  Rochester,  (65)  Oswego,  (66)  Troy,  (67) 
Hudson,  (68)  Syracuse,  (69)  Utica,  etc.  *  *  *  The 
state  is  (70)  traversed  by  (71)  railway  (72)  lines  in  (73) 
every  (74)  direction.  The  (75)  centre  is  (76)  beautified 
by  (77)  many  (78)  picturesque  lakes,  and  (79)  some 
(80)  portions  by  fine  (81)  mountain  (82)  scenery.  *  *  * 
The  (83)  soil,  (84)  particularly  that  of  the  western 
and  (85)  limestone  (86)  region,  is  (87)  very  (88)  fertile, 
(89)  producing  the  (90)  finest  (91)  wheat,  (92)  maize,  (93) 
apples,  (94)  peaches,  etc. ,  in  (95)  abundance.  *  *  * 
The  state  (96)  constitution  was  (97)  adopted  in  1777. 
In  1825,  the  (98)  opening  of  the  Erie  Canal  gave  a 
great  (99)  impetus  to  the  (100)  prosperity  of  the  state. 

Cha  rubers!  En  cyclopaedia. 


Examination  XLIII,  Nov.  11,  1880. 

(3:15—4:15.) 

A  DAY'S  JOURNEY   THROUGH   OUR    STA'IE. 

To  (l)show  in  (2)another  (3)light  (4)how  ©intelli- 
gence will  (6)give  us  (7)pleasure  in  the  (8)ordinary 
(9)course  of  our  (10)lives,  let  us  (ll)compare  the  (12) 
experience  of  (13)difierent  (l4)persons  (15)traveling 
(15, through  our  (17)own  state,  from  its  (18)western 
(19)borders  to  the  (20)city  of  (21)New  York.  (22) 
Starting  from  the  (23)great  (24)calaract  of  (25)Niag- 
ara,  (26)where  (27)even  the  (28)most  (29)ignorant  will 
(30;feel  the  (31)grandcur  of  the  (32)scene,  the  man 
with  a  (33)reasonable  (34)knowledge  of  the  state  in 
(35)which  he  (36)lives,  will  (37)see  $8)along  the  (39) 
whole  (40)course  of  the  (41)journey,  (42)objects  which 


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Will  (43)constantly  (44)arrest  his  (45)attentioD,  (4G)re- 
call  (47)facts  in  (48)history  or  (49) science,  and  which 
will  (50)engage  his  mind  with  (51)healthful  and  (52) 
instructive  (53)thoughts.  He  will  (54)notice  at  the 
(55)outset,  (56)upon  the  (57)south,  the  (58)range  of 
(59)highlands  (60)reaching  from  Lake  (61)Erie  to  the 
(62)flanks  of  the  (63)Allegany  (64)mountains.  Its 
(65)elevation  is  not  great,  but  in  (G6)many  (67)ways 
it  is  the  (G8)most  (69)remarkable  (70)water-shed  upon 
the  (71)face  of  our  (72)globe.  When  he  (73)crosses 
the  (74)Genesee  (75)river,  he  sees  its  (76)current  (77) 
hurrying  to  the  north  to  (78)mingle  with  the  (79)cold 
(80)water  of  the  (81)Gulf  of  (82)St.  Lawrence,  and 
the  (83)oceans  which  (84)cover  the  (85)arctic  (86)re- 
gions,  and  he  (87)khows  that  its  (88)sources  are  (89) 
interlocked  with  (90)those  of  the  Allegany,  which 
find  (91)their  (92)outlet  in  the  (93)tepid  waters  of  the 
Gulf  of  (94)Mexico.  A  (95)little  (96)farther  on,  the 
(97)springs  which  feed  the  branches  of  the  (98jSus- 
quehanna  run  down  the  southern  (99)slopes  of  the 
(lOO)Chesapeake  bay.— Horatio  Seymour. 


Examination  XLIV,  March  3,  1881. 

(3:15  to  4:15    P.  m.) 

WASHINGTON  AS  PRESIDENT  ELECT. 

From  the  (l)moment  it  had  (2)become  (3)certain 
that  the  (4)constitution  was  to  go  into  (5)effect, 
(6) Washington  had  been  (7)very  (8)warmly  (9)pressed 
by  (lO)numerous  (1  ^correspondents  not  to  (12)de- 
eline  that*  (13)position  for  which  he  was  so  well 
(14)qualified  by  the  (lo)choice  and  (16)confidence  of 
the  (17)whole  (18)uation.     The    (I9)general    (20)ex- 


THE   REGENTS     QUESTIONS 


pcctation  that  he  (21)would  be  (22)president  had 
(23)contributed  not  a  (24)little  to  (25)calui  ^excite- 
ment (27)against  the  new  constitution,  and  to  give 
its  (28)friends  a  (29)decided  (30)predomiaance  in  the 
choice  of  (31)members  of  the  first  (32;Congress. 

Washington  (33)desired  to  (34)proceed  to  New 
York  (35)privately,  but  the  (36)fiow  of  (37)venera- 
tiou  and  (3S)gratitude  could  not  be  (39)suppressed. 
Having  been  (40)entertained  by  his  (41)ueighbors  of 
(42)Alexandria,  he  was  (43)welcomed  to  ^Mary- 
land by  a  (44)crowd  of  (46)citizens  (47)assembled  at 
(48)Georgetown.  At  the  (49)frontier  of  (.^Pennsyl- 
vania he  met  by  a  large  (Sl)escort,  and  a  (52)mag- 
nificent  (53)rcception  was  given  at  (54)Philadelphia, 
where  the  State  (55)officers,  (56)trustees  of  the 
(o7)university,  officers  of  the  (5S)Ciucinuati  (59)so- 
ciety,  and  the  (60)mayor  and  (61)common  (02)council 
(63)waited  on  him  with  (64)their  (65)congratulations. 

The  next  day  Washington  (OGjcroased  into  New 
(67)Jersey.  The  (68)pcople  of  (69)Trenton  (70)re- 
membered  the  (71)battles  (72)fought  in  their 
(73)vicinity  twelve  (74)years  before,  and  (75)no- 
where  was  his  reception  more  (76)graceful  and 
(77)touching.  On  the  (78)bridge  (79)across  the 
(80)stream  which  (Sl)fiows  (82)through  the  (83)town 
into  the  (84)Delaware,  a  (85)triumphal  (8G)  arch  had 
been  (87)erected,  (S8)supported  on  (89)thirtcen 
(90)pillars  (91)trimmed  with  (92)evergreens,  (93)rlow- 
ers  and  (94)laurel.  Here  a  (95)  group  of  (98)matrons 
and  young  (97)misses  (98)dressed  in  white, 'began,  as 
he  (99)amn-oached,  to  sing  an  ode  prepared  for  the 
(lOO)occasion. 


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Examination  XLV,  June  16,  1881. 
(3:15  to  4:15  P.  M.) 

The  (l)United  (2)States  are  (3)situated  in  the  north 
(4)temperate  (5)zone,  in  the  (6)central  part  of  North 
(7)America,  and  (8)between  the  (9)same  (lO)parallels 
of  (ll)latitude  as  (12)southern  (lo)Europe,  the 
(14)Mediterranean  (15)sea,  (16)northern  (17)Africa, 
central  (18) Asia,  and  (19) Japan. 

This  (20)country  (21)possesses  (22)  nearly  (23)evcry 
(24)varicty  of  (25)climate,  (26)owing  to  its  (27)great 
(28)extent,  its  (29)position  on  the  (30)globe,  and 
(31)differences  in  (32)elevation, 

The  states  (33)remarkable  for  (34)their  (35)agricul- 
tural  (36)products  are  (37)those  in  the  (38)eastcrn 
(39)half  of  the  (40)Union;  (41)grain,  (42)fruits,  and 
(43) vegetables  in  the  north,  and  (44)cotton,  (45tobac- 
co,  (46)rice,  and  (47)sugar  in  the  south. 

The  (48)prairie  land  of  (49)Ohio,  (50)Indiana, 
(51)Illinios,  (52)Michigan,  (53)Iowa,  (54)Missouri, 
(55)Arkansas,  (55)Kansas,  and  (57)Nebraska,  is  re- 
markable for  its  (58)fertility. 

The  (59)principal  (60)ports  of  (61)foieign  ^com- 
merce are  New  York  and  (63)Boston  in  the  north, 
New  (64)Orleans  in  the  south,  and  San  (65)Francisco 
in  the  west;  of  inland  commerce,  are  St.  (66)Louis 
(67)Chicago,  (68)Cincmnati,  (G9)Buffalo,  (70)Cleve- 
land,  (71)Detroit,  and  (72)Milwaukee. 

(73)Florida  is  remarkable  for  its  (74)low,  (75), 
marshy  (76)surface,  and  its  (77)tropical  climate.  It 
is  a  (78)celebrated  (79)winter  (80)resort  for  (Sl)inva- 
lids  from  the  north.     Its  (82)forests   are   (83)exteii- 


THE  REGENTS'   QUESTIONS. 


sive,  and  (84)yield  live  (85)oak  (86)timber,  which  is 
87)valuable  for  ship  (88)buildmg.  «. 

The  northern  (89)boimdary  of  New  York  is 
(90)exactly  (91)midway  between  the  (92)equator  and 
the  north  (93)pole. 

(94)Virginia  is  (95)mountainous  in  the  west;  its 
surface  (96)slopes  (97)toward  the  (98)Chesapeake 
W9)bay;  its  (lOO)valleys  are  noted  for  their  fertility. 


^OFTHf     ^ 

UNIVERSE 


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Examination    XL  V I>   Nov- 

(3:15  to  4:15  P.  M.) 
36  divisor. 


17,   1881. 


l^isdom. 

2  excess. 

3  generous. 

4  Potomac 
(river). 


37  realm. 

38  cane    (sugar). 

39  verse. 

40  Abraham. 

5  bait  (for  trap).  41  sickness. 

6  mission.  42  Frances  (femi 

nine. 

43  join. 

44  symptom. 

45  Hugh  (Dame). 

46  disagree. 

47  sword. 

48  chimney. 


7  induce. 

8  crowd. 

9  earth. 

10  abyss. 

11  muff. 

12  foul     (un- 
clean) 


13  cypress  (tree).  49  sky 

14  sermon.  50  achieve. 

15  barren.  51  saint. 

16  Damascus.       52  flaw. 

17  main  (chief).   53  grievous. 

18  career.  54  hewing     (cut 

19  Ithaca.  ting). 

20  are  (from  verb55  orange. 

be.  56  dear    (costly). 

21  paragraph.      57-  package. 

22  explain.  58  Cain  (Abel's 

23  lie  (falsehood)         brother. 

24  wheat.  59  tunnel. 

25  Buffalo  (city).  60  air  (atmos- 

26  dream.  phere. 

27  worse.  61  name. 

28  caste  (Hindoo)62  feud  (quarrel). 

29  equation.         63  Greece  (coun- 

30  Augustus.  try. 
bl  thimble.           64  homicide. 

32  fool.  65  stair. 

33  grease  (fat).     66  democracy. 

34  hue  (color).      67  proverb. 

35  bulwark.         68  conquer. 


69  essay. 

70  acquaintance. 

71  pauper. 

72  Greene  (coun- 

ty). 

73  incur. 

74  repose. 

75  breeze. 

76  triumph. 

77  level. 

78  castle. 

79  waste  (loss). 

80  abuse  (verb). 

81  suicide. 

82  Francis  (mas- 

culine). 

83  Cyprus  (is- 

land). 

84  town. 

85  bee  (insect). 

86  delicious. 

87  mane     (of     a 

horse). 

88  comma. 

89  rabbit. 

90  accurate. 

91  prepare. 

92  fowl  (bird). 

93  smooth. 

94  banana. 

95  beverage. 

96  deer  (animal^ 

97  native. 

98  cabinet. 

99  loyal. 

100  village. 


THE   REGENTS'    QUESTIONS. 


Examination  « 

XL  VII, 

March  2,  1882, 

(3:15  to  4:15)  I 

'.  M. 

1  exercise. 

36 

lonely.    • 

66  knoll      (small 

2  preface  (of 

a37  bridle. 

hill). 

book). 

38 

sirloin  » 

(of67  sorrow. 

3  command. 

beef. 

68  gait  (in  walk- 

4 region.       « 

89 

deposit. 

ing). 

5  burlesque. 

40 

story. 

69  obelisk. 

C  Nebraska. 

41 

Albany. 

70  agreement. 

7  river. 

42 

renown. 

71  ordain. 

8  harbor. 

43  limit. 

72  pilgrim. 

9  scissors. 

44 

sell   (buy 

and73  Matthew. 

10  abstain. 

sell). 

74  possess. 

11  shark. 

45 

vise      (instru-75  diagram. 

12  by      (preposi- 

inent). 

.    76  travel. 

tion) 

46 

moss      (small77  buy  (and  sell) 

13  noon. 

plant). 

78  modern. 

14  stalk.          * 

47 

sulphur.  * 

79  still. 

15  Binghamton 

.  48 

disease. 

80  program. 

16  steeple. 

49 

road 

(forSi  sketch. 

17  humanity. 

travel). 

82  mastery. 

18  mosque  (place50 

admittance.     83  dew       (mois- 

of  worship). 

51 

smoke. 

ture). 

19  lapse. 

52 

Morocco 

84  lease. 

20  reckon. 

(country). 

85  beaver      (ani- 

21  arsenic.     • 

53 

instrument.                rnal). 

22  penalty.    . 

54 

retail. 

•     86  sacred. 

23  cord  (small 

55 

eminence. 

87  metaphor. 

rope). 

56 

treason. 

88  chord  (in  mu- 

24 melancholy. 

*  57  barrier. 

sic). 

25  team  (of 58  sluice  (water- 89  partridge. 

horses).  way).  90  appear. 

26  Harriet.     .      59,  feign  (to  j)re  91  Syracuse. 

27  quart.  tend)  92  usual. 

28  fare  (railroad). 60  whole  (entire).93  peach. 

29  timber.  61  Poughkeepsie94  duchess  (fern. 

30  abstinence.      62  'yea  (yea  and        of  duke. 

31  watch.  nay)  95  result. 
82  gateway.         63  fair  (exibition)06  bird. 
33  vice    (depfav-64  would     (aux  97  pledge. 

ity.  verb).  98  escort. 

84  cell  (prison).  "65  canvass  (poli-99  manner. 

85  due  (owed.)  tical).  100  dismission. 


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Examination  XL  VI 1 1,  June  15,  1882. 
(3:15  to  4:15)  P.  m. 

1  gem.  36  injustice.         69  impeach. 

2  metal  ( goid,  etc)  37  catacomb.        70  ^Etna  (volcano). 

3  easy.  38  leave  (pension).  71  partner. 


4  Rome  (city).     39  helm. 

5  bench.  40  artillery. 

6  ode  (poem).      41  ensue. 

7  claim  (demand).' 42  Jupiter. 


43 


8  loss 

9  France. 

10  abbreviate. 

11  lead  (metal) 

12  decay. 

13  feast, 

14  Mediterranean  49  Ohio 

15  banish.  50  abound. 


deceit 

44  settle 

45  bitter. 

46  lame. 

47  channel. 

48  group. 


(craft). 


16  excite. 

17  oppose. 

18  divorce. 

19  idiom. 

20  apparatus. 

21  hazard. 


■   51  harangue. 


72  enamel. 

73  remorse. 

74  blight, 

75  egg. 

76   led  (form  of  verb)' 

77  abide. 

78  fasten. 

79  loud. 

80  session  (as  of 

a  court. 

81  groan. 

82  refuge. 

83  beautiful. 


52  peace  (  quiet-  84  Monroe  (Pres- 

ness).  ident). 

53  dipper.  85  gray  (color). 

54  parade.  86  caprice. 

55  badger  (animai    87  mettle  (temper). 


22  ces:-ion  (as  by  56  roam  (t0  wander).  88  Denmark. 


treaty. 

23  Henrietta, 

24  piece  (a  part), 

25  become. 

26  jacket. 

27  pestilence.     « 

28  challenge. 

29  lottery. 

30  ambition. 

31  rally. 

32  earl  (a  title). 

33  spatter. 
84  Canada. 
35  boat. 


57  ebb  (of  tide).    89  kingly. 

58  Manhattan  (is  90  advocate. 


land. 
59  rival. 


60 
61 
62 
63 
64 
65 
66 


attach. 

noxious. 

scowl. 

duel. 

seminary. 

beware. 

tedious. 


91  horror. 

92  ounce. 

93  diary. 

94  monument. 

95  Bethlehem. 

96  field. 

97  grumble. 

98  compassion. 

99  illumine. 


67  eye  (organ  of  100  good. 

sight. 

68  convey. 


